(In 1st photo, L - R, Adrian McGrath, Ruby Sterling, Dr. Petrice, Jennie Gorden, Eliria Knox, Linda Nelson.)
The director of the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy, Dr. Petrice Sams-Abiodun, PhD made a special visit to our school on Thursday to meet with the student members of our International Women's Day group.
The students were really excited about her coming, and they -- with the help of Sr. Kathleen and Sr. Lory -- really made it a great event by getting everything ready for the visit.
Dr. Sams-Abiodun -- who just likes to be called Petrice-- made a wonderfully warm and friendly speech to the students. Then on a more serious note, she spoke about the importance of adult education for both women and men and how this can help alleviate many of the social ills we face today in New Orleans such as poverty and crime. Then the four students from our International Women's Day group (two were unavoidably absent) presented their topics on Sacagawea, Women Pioneers, Joan of Arc, and Women's Education in Afghanistan.
Following this we had some refreshments and cakes which were supplied by Jennie and Sr. Kathleen.
It was a great day, and Petrice is hoping to meet again soon with the students ... but this time at her office at Loyola University at the Boggs Center.
We are all looking forward to that!
See more about the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at http://www.boggslit.org/ and read about the other two related organizations also at the Boggs Center, the Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans and Literacy AmeriCorps, at www.literacygno.org.
--Adrian
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