A blogger friend of mine told me about this very interesting blog called Capitol Words.
This is from their About page:
“For every day Congress is in session, Capitol Words visualizes the most frequently used words in the Congressional Record, giving you an at-a-glance view of which issues lawmakers address on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Capitol Words lets you see what are the most popular words spoken by lawmakers on the House and Senate floor.”
I searched the words “farmworker” and “farmworkers” and they were used only 16 and 26 times in the last 2 years! They were never used in the North Carolina!
I believe this is an accurate reflection of how our congress views the importance of farmworker justice. So how do we change this? How do we bring not just the words, but the movement of farmworker justice to our chosen leaders? I am not sure of the answer. If you have any ideas, please share them here. I will be asking my colleages at NFWM and posting some ideas as well.
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Literacy: just words? « DLC Adult Literacy Community // April 6, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
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