Jan Rosenberg '73 and folklore.....

Jan Rosenberg '73 writes: "I continue my work in folklife in education, participating in the Local Learning Network for Folk Arts in Education. I am currently developing a sorely needed assessment tool for our work with agencies, schools, communities, and traditional artists, and have just completed an article highlighting the antecedents of folklife in education work between 1898 and 1960.

In addition to my work in folklife in education, my book, These Are Our Stories: Women's Stories of Abuse and Survival, is still available from Rowman and Littlefield publishers. The book is a collection of 8 transcribed interviews, two essays, a group of poems, and a guide for women who seek escape from abusive situations. The stories are from women living in the Florida Panhandle. The work is of particular interest to those who work in shelters and support groups for abused women, as well as for social workers and others in the mental health field.

My non-profit, Heritage Education Resources, has just been awarded a "Certificate of Authority" from the state of Indiana. This means that HER will be able to apply for Indiana funds for Indiana projects, which in my case, will be mostly for folklife in education."