International Literacy Day
Literacy for Diversity: Voices of Resilience
September 5, 2002, at the United Nations
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Supported by:
Official statements
Key questions
Leaders’ roundtable
9/11 reflections by NYC adult learners
Issue roundtables
Resources for International Literacy Day
Official statements
- International Literacy Network Press Release
- Statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
- Statement by UNESCO Director-General Kochiro Matsuura
Key questions guiding the day’s discussions
- What is the role of literacy in developing resilient communities?
- As part of the literacy agenda, what should we do to enable voices that are excluded and marginalized?
Leaders’ roundtable
- Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Undersecretary General for Least Developed Countries
- Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, Mongolian Ambassador to the UN
- Dr. Birger Fredriksen, Africa Region Human Development, World Bank
- Dr. Richard La Pointe, U.S. Department of Education
- Dr. Lesley Morrow, International Reading Association
- Calvin Miles, President, Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE)
9/11 reflections by NYC adult learners
International Student Writings, September 11, 2001
Collection of students writing in the LAC publication read during lunch for the collected dignitaries.
Issue roundtables
Key questions from specific perspectives:
- conflict
- gender
- language and ethnicity
- families and literacy
- workforce development
Resources for International Literacy Day
