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Adult Literacy Is A Real Problem. How Do We Fix It?

WNPR: 1.17.2019 by Lydia Brown & Lucy Nalpathanchil, Where We Live

Literacy. It's something many of us take for granted. The ability to read health forms, headlines, or the latest bestsellers. Yet, across the U.S., there are millions of adults who have difficulty reading.

This hour, we find out why. We talk with literacy experts and advocates, and we also hear from you.

GUESTS:

Komi Agbenohevi

- Literacy student and Hartford, Connecticut resident

Carol “CJ” Hauss

- Executive Director of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford,

a Connecticut-based nonprofit (@LitVolHartford)

Kevin Morgan

- President and CEO of ProLiteracy, an international nonprofit

based in Syracuse, New York (@ProLiteracy)

Dr. Shlomy Kattan

- Executive Director of the Adult Literacy XPRIZE (@xprize)

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