September: Adult Literacy Awareness MonthProclamation 5519
By the President of the United States of America
August 27, 1986
The incidence of illiteracy and functional illiteracy among the Nation's adult population negatively affects our economy, our social institutions, and our security. It also limits the opportunities open to those who lack basic reading and writing skills. Estimates of the number of illiterate or functionally illiterate Americans range from twenty-three million to over fifty million.
Adult illiteracy has not received the attention it deserves. As Americans come to understand the problem better they will come to grips with it. Illiteracy is not limited to any region of the Nation, nor to any social or ethnic group. We must take this problem seriously and provide the means and the motivation to help those with literacy deficiencies to master the ability to read and write.
America’s Literacy Directory: State & Local Hotlines
1 . 800 . 228 . 8813
Canada: National Adult Literacy Database
International
~ International Reading Association
~ ProLiteracy
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