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MAY 17,1991 - WCC CAMPUS VOICE 3 Literacy Ruiareness UJeek held * Editorial 2nd By: Ules Asbel 1 and Jennifer Anderson To ioprease the public's awareness of literacy needs in Wayne County, UCC's Literacy Center of the Continuing Education Department held a Literacy Awareness Week April 5-12. Marie Barnes, Director of Literacy Education, said, "I hope it will be an annual event that we can involve more of the coramun- i ty in each year." Beginning Apri1 5, a display in Berkeley Mall showed various services of the Li teracy Center. Then the Literacy Center held an Open House on April 9 as a way to ac quainted the public with the center operations and services to the community. On Thursday, April 11, the Foundation of Wayne Community College sponsored "The Arts And Literacy in Concert* as part of its involvement in Literacy Week. Held in the WCC Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., the concert featured performances and art by members of North Carolina's Visiting Artist Program. WCC visiting artist and jazz vocalist Chinyere Nnenna Freelon sang original compositions, "Gaea's Garden* and "Changed.* wins Job By: Julie Weidner Last quarter Maggie Minchew, WCC student taking Math 161, Fundamental Concepts of Math, was ap proached by Annette Hawkins, her instructor in the course. *Gaea's Garden," a song about Mother Earth, por trays a world that not only harbors life, but also is alive in her own right: "Welcome, to Gaea's Garden/ Welcome, make yourself at home/ If you play in Gaea's Garden/ You'll know, she's not made of stone". The lyrics of "Changed* deal with the constant changes life brings: *I am changed in my passage/ I am changed/ There's a sign in the water/ I am changed/ There's a moon high above me/ And it lights my discovery/ That in my passage, in the darkness/ I am changed*. In addition to per forming in the concert, Freelon also introduced the other artists: John Wood, tuba; Eugene Jones; clarinet, baritone Phillip Stovall, soprano Lisa Dollyhigh, and literary artist Michael Parker, all participants in the Visiting Artist program. On display in the atrium were works by two visiting artists, Emily Weinstein and Norma Bradley, and photograghs of the brick sculptures of WCC art instructor Patricia Turli ngton. She asked Minchew to write an editorial about the North Drive Family Education Program which Hawkins read about in the News-Argus. Hawkins said that the assignment would count as 1 of 10 hours students must spend observing in elemen tary classrooms. continued on page 9 By: Maggie Minchew WCC student I thank beein abel to reed an rite is very best cuz its' so fun. There is not no buddy who kant lern how. there is lots of peeple who want to lern but there scart of it. IF everywun in the world kood reed then nowun woold fill dumm. The above lines depict a silent tragedy which is sweeping across our nation today. It is not the sort of tragedy that we frequently hear about on national news. Yet, in this age of advanced technology, with push button answers for so many problems, it lurks in both cities and rural areas throughout this country. It affects young and old people alike. It disables many indi viduals from leading happy and productive lives. It results in feelings of helplessness and self defeat . This tragedy is illiter acy, and the number of people affected by it is astonishing. A recent article printed in the Goldsboro News Argus revealed the fact that in the United States, almost half of the adult popula tion 25 years of age and older has not received a high school diploma. Twenty five-to twenty- seven million Americans yearly are deemed function ally i11i terate. Without the basic skills of reading and writing, people are unable to function effectively in today's society. It is of the utmost importance for everyone to learn the fundamental ski11s of reading and writing which are the building blocks for future success in every area of life. How sad it is that so many human beings today are unable to read a menu or the directions on a medi cine bottle. Parents who cannot read to their small children deprive themselves as well as their youngsters of the chance to explore our world and different realms of imagi nat i on. II1i teracy is a si lent tragedy because it often goes unnoticed. Many people are ashamed to admit that they cannot read. Sti11 others 1ive in agony, pretending that they can. Literacy is no longer accessible to only a select few. During the past few years, many programs have been launched in order to make the fundamentals of reading and writing avail able to everyone. When our nation becomes a country f i11ed wi th literate, enthusiastic people, a drastic change will more than likely take place within our society. Participants in the program take a bow: (1 to r) Eugene Jones, Michael Parker, John Wood, Lisa Dollyhigh, and Nnenna Freelon. Photo: Wes Asbell Student's editorial
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