ProLiteracy Staff Help Organize Quito Forum on Citizen Participation

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Organizaccion, a grass roots organization in Ecuador specializing in democracy, transparency, and governance, held a special event in Ecuador on January 12, 2011 at 5 p.m. at the National Assembly of Quito. More than 80 representatives of NGOs, and national leaders attended, as Roxana Silva Ch. presented her ideas on civic participation, based on her recent paper ‘Educacion y Participacion Ciudadana,’ recently published as part of ProLiteracy’s Critical Issues in Literacy series.

ProLiteracy’s partners, PLAMAC and Tú Mujer tuned in live at the event and shared examples of integrating literacy with education on civic participation in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

ProLiteracy's international programs manager Mary Kelly participated via video from Syracuse, N.Y., and ProLiteracy’s international programs coordinator Alesha Anderson helped with coordination on site in Quito.

The event was recorded and will soon be shared.

Comments

  1. gunnyawnFebruary 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I am curious as to whether the concept of literacy as a part of civic participation is readily agreed to (or even known) by the local populace, or is it limited to intellectuals vying for social change in the country?

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  2. EcuatoriGringaFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Thank you for your interest in ProLiteracy. We appreciate your question about local involvement.

    The 52 partners with which ProLiteracy works are grass-roots organizations. As you may note from our UPDATE (see What We Do, then click “Internationally), ProLiteracy’s work seeks to reach the ‘last-mile’—in other words, those individuals and communities who are not normally reached by local or international organizations.

    The Ecuador event was organized by Ecuadorians who share this concern. The paper presented was written by an Ecuadorian and the participants were all from Latin America.

    Comment reply by Alesha Anderson, International Program Officer at ProLiteracy

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