civic leaders and public officials
from throughout the metropolitan
region came together on February 7,
2002, for the first Listening to the City
forum. This modern town hall meeting
brought together participants from all
walks of lifedowntown residents and
workers, families of victims and survivors,
emergency and rescue workers, business
and property owners, interested citizens
and community leadersall committed to
charting a bold new vision for Lower
Manhattan and honoring those who lost
their lives on September 11.
]]> ]]> [pdf document, Literacy Assistance Center, New York, Fall, 2002] When the Literacy Assistance Center invited students in ESOL programs throughout New York City to submit the writing they had done about the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, the response was overwhelming. More than 120 students from 29 programs submitted their work. The Literacy Assistance Center, www.lacnyc.org, is a not-for-profit organization that provides essential referral, training, information and technical assistance services to hundreds of adult and youth literacy programs in New York.
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