(J<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Hi, I just picked this up today and am entirely FOR it. Thank you, Mike, for proposing this, and Liz and Shannon for taking the initiative to go ahead with this idea of a press release. Great idea! <BR>(B
(JBarbara<BR>(B
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(JIn a message dated 4/8/11 8:31:51 PM, lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu writes:<BR>(B
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(JMike Hill suggested that we have a press release prepared because Inside<BR>(B
(JHigher Ed is coming to the meeting tomorrow. I'm far afield here, but I<BR>(B
(Jcopied the format for a press release. Rebecca, I used your statement as<BR>(B
(Jthe "significant quote." Thoughts?<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
(JHow do you feel about this? Is this too much, or do we want to run with<BR>(B
(Jit?<BR>(B
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(JSince I won't be there, I put Bill and Shannon as the contacts. What do<BR>(B
(Jyou think? I am including the EXEC board and Mike on this discussion.<BR>(B
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(JLiz<BR>(B
(J____________________<BR>(B
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(JFor Immediate Release:<BR>(B
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(JThe Council on Basic Writing, an open community of teacherscholars in<BR>(B
(Jthe field of Basic Writing, calls for a recommitment to the centralrole<BR>(B
(Jof basic writing in the composition community.<BR>(B
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(JAtlanta, Georgia, 9 April 2011: Although many luminaries inthe field of<BR>(B
(Jcomposition studies trace their roots to teaching and writingabout Basic<BR>(B
(JWriting, Basic Writing has become increasingly marginalized withinthe<BR>(B
(JCCCC community and in the field of composition studies. Virtually<BR>(B
(Jinvisibleat the national CCCC convention, Basic Writing is gone as a<BR>(B
(Jstrand, as afeatured session, and even as a central word in conference<BR>(B
(Jsession titles.<BR>(B
(JThat point was driven home in the 2011 Chair's address, asprinted in the<BR>(B
(Jprogram that "the fields that make up CCCC--composition,rhetoric,<BR>(B
(Jcreative writing, language/linguistics, visual and digital<BR>(B
(Jrhetorics,professional writing and communication--are diverse."<BR>(B
(JIn response to the absence of Basic Writing at CCCC, Rebecca Mlynarczyk,<BR>(B
(JCo-editor, Journal of Basic Writing said, "Basic Writing is an important<BR>(B
(Jsub-set of composition studies with a significant student population and<BR>(B
(Jwith a long and distinguished history and scholarship. We feel it is<BR>(B
(Jimportant that Basic Writing be acknowledged explicitly by CCC in a time<BR>(B
(Jof waning public support for this important endeavor."<BR>(B
(JTo help to encourage CCCC to provide support for basicwriting faculty<BR>(B
(Jand students, and to recommit to the central role Basic Writinghas in<BR>(B
(Jthe field of composition, we are introducing the following sense of<BR>(B
(Jthehouse resolution at the business meeting tomorrow morning. "Be it<BR>(B
(Jresolvedthat Basic Writing, a vital field and its students and teacher<BR>(B
(Jscholars aproductive force within composition; is under attack</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Osaka" LANG="11" SIZE="2">$B".(J</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">by<BR>(B
(Jexclusionary publicpolicies; and therefore must be recognized publicly<BR>(B
(Jand supported by CCCC as aconference cluster and with featured<BR>(B
(Jsessions."<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
(JContact:<BR>(B
(JWilliam Lalicker<BR>(B
(JExecutive Board of CBW<BR>(B
(JWLalicker@wcupa.edu<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
(JShannon Carter<BR>(B
(JOutgoing Chair of CBW<BR>(B
(Jcartershannon@gmail.com<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
(J<BR>(B
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(JJ. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<BR>(B
(JProfessor of English<BR>(B
(JLaGuardia Community College--CUNY<BR>(B
(Je-mail: lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu<BR>(B
(JPhone: 718.482.5665<BR>(B
(Jwww.jelizabethclark.com<BR>(B
(J_______________________________________________<BR>(B
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