Governor Perdue Proclaims "Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2012"

ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY WEEK 2012

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, 20 percent of adults in North Carolina need to improve their literacy skills in order to live and work productively, and to participate fully as citizens and residents of our state; and

WHEREAS, during the 2010-2011 fiscal year, North Carolina’s community-based organizations and community colleges helped nearly 143,000 North Carolinians improve their ability to read and write; and

WHEREAS, during 2010-2011, more than 15,000 North Carolinians earned an adult high school diploma or GED credential; and

WHEREAS, the need for strong literacy skills extends into both the home and the workplace; and

WHEREAS, more than 800 adult literacy learners increased their reading, writing and math abilities while receiving workplace skills training; and

WHEREAS, more than 2,800 citizens worked within their family units to improve literacy skills; and

WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literacy Association and the North Carolina Community College System join with national partners to highlight the economic and societal importance of literacy in North Carolina’s communities by working to sponsor observances of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 10-16, 2012, as “ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY WEEK” in North Carolina, and challenge my fellow citizens to support literacy efforts and to volunteer in literacy programs across our state.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

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Banned Books Week

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First published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye details 48 hours in the life of Holden Caulfield. The novel is the only novel-length work by J.D. Salinger, and its history has been colorful. The Catcher in the Rye is famous as the most censored, banned and challenged book between 1966 and 1975 for being "obscene," with an "excess of vulgar language, sexual scenes, and things concerning moral issues."

 

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, but the book has been frequently challenged and banned for what has been termed "sexual and social explicitness." The novel involves sexual assault and abuse.

 

The Bell Jar is the only novel by Sylvia Plath, and it is famous not only because it offers shocking insight into her mind and art, but also because it is a coming-of-age story--told in the first person by Esther Greenwood, who struggles with her mental illness. Her suicide attempts made the book a target for book censors. (The book has been repeatedly banned and challenged for its controversial content.)

 

Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World has been banned with complaints about the language used, as well morality issues. Brave New World is a satirical novel, with a stringent division of the classes, drugs, and free love. The book was banned in Ireland in 1932; and the book has been banned and challenged in schools and libraries across the United States. On complaint was that the novel "centered around negative activity."

 

(From) Challenged and Banned Books - Reasons Why These Famous Novels Were Removed

By Esther Lombardi, About.com Guide