Images (18)
Document
| id |
id
621045105
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 18The What
To Expect
Foundation
September 2, 1998
Jennifer Klein
Second Floor, West Wing
The White House
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Jennifer,
It was such a pleasure speaking with you about the goals of The What To Expect
Foundation (and the trials and tribulations of working mothers!)
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to send you this material. Since we've spoken
I've been having some medical problems that are too dramatic and overly maudlin to
bore you with. They put me out of commission for a month or so, but I'm now very
happy to send you the promised introduction to The What To Expect Foundation, with
apologies for my tardiness.
As you'll see from the attached material, our first goal is to write low-literacy
versions of the What To Expect Books, in a variety of languages that will be distributed
free of charge to women across the country. Then, for women who are unwilling or
unable to read, we will do an MTV quality video series about pregnancy and parenthood
that will be hosted by movie stars and athletes. For example, Queen Latiyfah on baby's
first foods, Gloria Estafan on the myths of pregnancy Finally, we hope to help
professionalize and expand the mother mentoring programs across the country.
As I mentioned, we held our first planning meeting this June at the offices of The
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. At that meeting we asked an
extraordinary group of woman to help us plan the research, writing, and distribution of
our books and videos. The group also discussed our mother mentoring plans. The
meeting was very helpful as they wisely helped us focus our goals and structure our
agenda. I've attached a list of the attendees. Many more from related organizations were
unable to come but asked to be considered friends and advisors.
My years of working as a literacy tutor taught me that the most successful adult
teaching materials possess two deceptively simple characteristics. They're about
something the reader wants to know and they're presented in an attractive, entertaining,
non-preachy package. Likewise, in their pre-natal classes at Riker's Island Correctional
Facility, Heidi and Arlene (The authors of What To Expect) found that incarcerated
women, even with criminal histories and drug addictions were starved for information,
41 W. 83ʳᵈ Street Suite New York New York-10024~(212)712-9764
Relations
belongs_to