WE LEARN develops publications based on our work and projects. Many of our members participate in creating these works. The types of material include:
- Student writing publications
- Training and curriculum manuals
- Collections of essays
These materials support reflection, instruction, and research. You can find specific titles mentioned throughout the project pages on this website. To order these materials, please visit the "For Purchase" section of our website.
New Releases | Student Writing Publications | For Students & Educators | Knowledge Base | Gift Items
** NEW RELEASES **
Our Stories, Ourselves: The EmBODYment of Women’s Literacy Learning
Mev Miller & Kathleen P. King, Editors, Information Age Publishing, 2011
Paperback: 978-1-61735-638-4 | Hardcover: 978-1-61735-639-1 | E-Book: 978-1-61735-640-7
Women’s lives are often written on our bodies. Yet very little is made of the impacts of embodiment for women in literacy education, both learners and professionals. This volume presents the writings of 26 contributors—teachers, students, and administrators—who examine the rich terrain of personal and professional experiences related to whole person engagement in learning and teaching. These writings provide a compass to guide readers through the bodily landscapes, mindful flights, willful spirits, and emotional embraces.
Written with the same desire to open minds, hearts and practices to new understanding, this book builds on the successful style of Empowering Women through Literacy (2009). This new volume appeals to all readers, as the essays, poems, and investigations woven through its pages challenge us to consider the emBODYment of women’s learning. Join us on the journey as we travel across many arenas and discover significant ways to comprehend and support best practices in teaching and learning, especially for women. 
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Student Writing Publications
Women’s Perspectives: A Journal of Writing and Art by Adult Learners
These collections showcase writings by adult basic education and literacy students in the U.S. and Canada.
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Issue #6 (2011) - We Are Here: How I Add Value to Society |
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Issue #5 (2010) - What Would You Do? Creative Ideas for Difficult Times |
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Issue #4 (2009) - Transition / Transformation |
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Issue #3 (2008) - Women & Money |
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Issue #2 (2007) - Women Who Dare ~ Daily Steps to Big Accomplishments |
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Issue #1 (2006) – Women’s Health & Wellness |
Resources of Students & Educators
The Change Agent #19: Women & Literacy
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The Change Agent: Adult Education for Social Justice, News, Issues, and Ideas is published semi-annually by The New England Literacy Resource Center. Issue #19 was co-edited in 2004 with WE LEARN members. In this issue, students have written about how they define women’s issues for themselves. Read about the challenges women face and the strengths they bring to the literacy classroom. This issue also includes articles from teachers & lessons you can use in class to explore these issues further. To order, please visit For Purchase. |
Faces of WE LEARN Journal Book
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This journal book features inspirations and photos of WE LEARN members who attended the 2010 Annual Gathering. This is a great gift for all aspiring writers. We LOVE this idea from one of our members: "One of my commitments to myself is to be more conscious & intentional about my money & budget. I've been using my WE LEARN journal for this. It's the perfect format! I record hard data (income, expenses) on the lined pages, & on the facing blank pages, I record my intentions, goals, & affirmations. It's proving to be an incredibly fun & useful tool. Thanks for creating it."
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Knowledge Base
Empowering Women through Literacy: Views from Experience
Mev Miller & Kathleen P. King, Editors, Information Age Publishing, 2009
Paperback: 978-1-60752-083-2 | Hardcover: 978-1-60752-084-9
Empowering Women through Literacy: Views from Experience is the first comprehensive collection of writing from the field by everyday educators who experience the joys and challenges, creativity and barriers to acknowledge or integrate innovative solutions to support women’s learning needs in adult basic education and literacy settings. It reveals the many ways in which addressing women’s empowerment through literacy continues to impact lives. Table of Contents & “Revealing the Structure of the Book”
Praise for Empowering Women Through Literacy…
… the book is more than a collection of experiences; it challenges readers to rethink their conceptions of women’s empowerment, social change, and the goals as well as the limitations of literacy education. Perhaps breaking hearts is an appropriate aim for a book such as this, as it invites us to open our hearts as well as our minds to this challenge. – Elizabeth Hayes, Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, Spring 2011
One important lesson this book offers the layperson is a warning that, increasingly, the affective, motivational, and community aspects of literacy learning are being sacrificed to a more narrow, skills-based approach.…The caution suggested by this book is that a narrow approach is simply not effective for adult women; it marginalizes them, as it does their teachers. For teachers in adult literacy programs, Empowering Women Through Literacyprovides support as well as a fund of ideas for teaching and learning. – Martha Kaplan, Feminist Collections (v. 31, nos. 1–2, Winter–Spring 2010)
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Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy & Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era
Lorna Rivera, Ph.D. University of Illinois Press, 978-0-252-07555-1, 2008
Throughout this study, the voices and experiences of formerly homeless women challenge cultural stereotypes about poor women, showing in personal and structural terms how social and economic forces shape and restrict opportunities for low-income women of color.
Lorna Rivera, UMass-Boston, is a founding member of the WE LEARN Board of Directors.
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Teaching & Learning with Women's Perspectives: A Resource Kit
This Resource Kit is FREE to Current WE LEARN members, both individuals and organizations. To receive your complete copy,
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and we will email it to you.
If you are not a member and would like a copy, we encourage you to join us. Otherwise, you may purchase it for $20.00. 
Table of Contents & Introduction
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Women and Literacy: Moving to Power and Participation
Women’s Studies Quarterly, 32 (1 & 2), Edited by Mev Miller, Founder of WE LEARN with Ilene Alexander, The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1558614729, 2004.
In this volume, researchers raise significant questions about literacy and women, identity, and power. Both U.S. and international perspectives are represented through essays, personal accounts, and poetry illuminating common frustrations and accomplishments shared by adult women learners and practitioners around the world. The contributors also reveal contradictions inherent in literacy programs as governmental pressures threaten women’s ability to experience their education as anything other than preparation for employment and as women’s need for appropriate, relevant learning materials continues to grow. Complete with an annotated bibliography of important resources, this comprehensive study of literacy education and women is as invaluable as it is timely.
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Download Sample Chapter: "But is it Education"? The Challenge of Creating Effective Learning for Survivors of Trauma, by Jenny Horsman
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Women Leading Through Reading: A Guidebook for Discussion and Action
Women Leading Through Reading©Discussion Circles provide an alternative learning environment using group reading, facilitated discussion, and reflective writing for women in adult basic/literacy education services. This Guidebook provides valuable information for programs and communities that would like to initiate Women Leading Through Reading Discussion Circles in their area.
Women Leading Through Reading© Discussion Circles are adaptable to all kinds of programs for learners at most levels. We have developed a manual, Women Leading Through Reading: A Guidebook for Discussion and Action to get you started. We can also work with you to develop a training or workshop. In 2009, we adapted the program to include more writing. This program, “Women Raising Voices: From Reading to Writing,” uses past issues of Women’s Perspectives in order to encourage student’s to develop their voice and communicate their thinking through writing.
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Gifts / Additional Merchandise
WE LEARN Bookmarks
This bookmark was written by Diana Hunter (the first adult learner to participate on the WE LEARN Board of Directors) and her peers at the San Diego Continuing Education ECC Campus. It provides a beautiful and direct statement of our mission.
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