Comments on: Bloghers ACT http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/ Thoughts and Tales of an Amateur Artist Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fenxaffj http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-80 Fenxaffj Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:38:57 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-80 Thanks!, Thanks!,

]]> By: Crimson Wife http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-12 Crimson Wife Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:16:08 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-12 I would believe the 2% statistic as only 42% of college graduates in the U.S. ever read a single book after graduation :-( I don't know if my DH finishes 5 books a year as he works crazy hours but he does read books on a regular basis and also every issue of "The Economist" and "Foreign Affairs" cover-to-cover. I would believe the 2% statistic as only 42% of college graduates in the U.S. ever read a single book after graduation :-(

I don’t know if my DH finishes 5 books a year as he works crazy hours but he does read books on a regular basis and also every issue of “The Economist” and “Foreign Affairs” cover-to-cover.

]]> By: Nordie http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-10 Nordie Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:25:03 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-10 @Lizzie - no I wasnt aware of them, no. If you havent already, I may post their details across to blogher, as a possible resource to use - thanks! @Lizzie – no I wasnt aware of them, no. If you havent already, I may post their details across to blogher, as a possible resource to use – thanks!

]]> By: Nordie http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-9 Nordie Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:22:15 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-9 @David - I am aware of what Oprah is up to at sort of a distant level, but think that it can be done at a much lower level of community too. One group I belong to has set itself a target of collecting £1200 this year to set up a library in India, and help fund someone to go in and work there. It's this sort of thing - teaching people to read, and letting them have access to the materials afterwards that works @David – I am aware of what Oprah is up to at sort of a distant level, but think that it can be done at a much lower level of community too. One group I belong to has set itself a target of collecting £1200 this year to set up a library in India, and help fund someone to go in and work there. It’s this sort of thing – teaching people to read, and letting them have access to the materials afterwards that works

]]> By: Lizzie http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-8 Lizzie Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:19:42 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-8 I like your idea of the literacy goal as well and think it's an intriguing and probably effective way of empowering women. Are you at all familiar with the org <a href="www.womenforwomen.org" rel="nofollow">Women for Women </a>? I think they have a good model for helping to achieve this through community outreach, and also through convincing men that it is to their advantage to have literate wives and daughters. I like your idea of the literacy goal as well and think it’s an intriguing and probably effective way of empowering women. Are you at all familiar with the org Women for Women ? I think they have a good model for helping to achieve this through community outreach, and also through convincing men that it is to their advantage to have literate wives and daughters.

]]> By: David Schleicher http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-7 David Schleicher Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:59:11 +0000 http://sorchaogle.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/33/#comment-7 I'm all with you on that literacy goal! That 2% is a scary number, and sad to say, there were probably some years there when I was a teenager that I was amongst the 98%. Have you checked out what Oprah has done with literacy, escpecially in the case of women and children in poverty around the world? We can do it if we just put our minds to it. I’m all with you on that literacy goal! That 2% is a scary number, and sad to say, there were probably some years there when I was a teenager that I was amongst the 98%. Have you checked out what Oprah has done with literacy, escpecially in the case of women and children in poverty around the world? We can do it if we just put our minds to it.

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