Literacy South also facilitates the North Carolina Network for Participatory Adult Education , an advocacy and leadership development project. The Network met five times this year at various locations in the Triangle Area and sought to strengthen participatory practice among literacy practitioners and adult educators. This year the Network focused on writing, including looking at writing as assessment, writing and technology, and creative writing and feedback. A planning session for the Network in the year 2000 will be the focus of the year-end Network meeting. As evidenced by these projects, Literacy South believes that reading, writing, thinking, speaking and listening are not isolated from the people, situations, and issues in people's every day lives.
Social context is at the center of participatory education.
Literacy South makes it possible for teachers to fully understand and implement this education for social change. Literacy South is a member of NC Community Shares. Literacy South's publications are available through Peppercorn Books and Press.