Literacy: Spanning North America
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Write To Read
On KRYZ Radio
Hear
Jackie Burns read her heart-warming story here on Write
To Read only on KRYZ-LPFM 98.5.
Today
at 7:00pm Pacific time you can hear a short story I wrote and recorded about an
early experience with Marcus. I recorded it last week for the Write To Read
program at the Mariposa Library with our own KRYZ RADIO.
AND
the library is looking for writers and their short stories or (long ones which
will be aired in weekly segments), to record and present on the air.
The
story is called THE RED CANDLE and I write about the meaning of a series of
synchronicities that effected our young relationship. It’s kind of
heartwarming, especially if you know me or Marcus or knew us together.
Hosted
by the Mariposa Library Adult Literacy Program Sunday sat 4:00pm (repeated Tuesdays at 7:00pm)
This
week’s program features Frank Mock sharing stories about “Life on the Farm, or
Thereabouts” and Lucille Apcar’s short story “Who Spanked J.R. Junior or the
Mysterious Chastisement of the Son of His Honor the Judge”
Written
transcripts are available at the Mariposa Library so listeners can read along! READ
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Chester County Library Receives
$100,000 [sic] American Dream Literacy Grant
Phoenixville
News: 3.04.2019
The
Chester County Library has been selected as one of 16 public libraries
nationwide to receive a $10,000 American Dream
Literacy Initiative grant from the American Library Association (ALA) and Dollar General
Literacy Foundation.
The
Chester County Library was selected through a competitive, peer-reviewed
application process. Nearly 100 public libraries applied for the 16 available
grants, according to the ALA Public Programs Office.
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The
Chester
County Library is a close partner with the Chester
County Opportunities Industrialization Center (CC-OIC) of West Chester, a
nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free adult basic literacy
education and life skills programs that prepare individuals for employment
leading to economic self-sufficiency.
The
Library supports adult literacy through its Adult Graded Reading collection,
and by providing office space, computers, supplies and other amenities for the
Program Coordinator of the Adult Tutoring Program. Staff from both
organizations worked together to apply for the American Dream Literacy funding
which will better enable us to meet the needs of our growing ESL population and
continue to support Basic English literacy skills among adults.
With
this grant funding, the library will expand and update its literacy collection,
offer free workbooks to currently enrolled CC-OIC students, establish a
dedicated ESL kiosk with interactive learning features, and support English
tutoring pairs in the library with new iPads and other technology. READ
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Canadians
In Official Language Minority Communities Receive Help To Improve Their Essential
Skills And Literacy
NewsWire:
3.05.2019 by Employment and Social Development Canada
Canadians
living in rural and remote official language minority communities (OLMCs) often
lack access to the education and training infrastructure needed to help them
improve their literacy and essential skills necessary for job-market success.
That
is why today, Mona Fortier, Member of Parliament for Ottawa–Vanier, on behalf
of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment,
Workforce Development and Labour, announced a multi-year $2 million project
that will help Canadians develop their job-ready life-enhancing skills so they
are better prepared to participate in the workforce.
The
Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes and its regional partners will
use the Government of Canada investment to create a web-based skills training
tool to help provide the distance-learning opportunities needed to support
vulnerable groups with low literacy.
OLMCs
in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Yukon
will be part of the pilot project. The work of this project will support
pan-Canadian access in the future. READ
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Learn
to Read St. Lucie County Honors Founder By Naming New Center After Her
TC
Palm: 3.05.2019 by Wendy Dwyer
In
1981, Dorothy Brennan read a newspaper story about a child who nearly died of
an overdose because his mother couldn’t read the instructions on a medication
bottle.
Brennan
couldn’t bear the thought of this tragedy happening to one more family, so the
Fort Pierce woman created Learn to Read
St. Lucie County, a nonprofit organization which would provide free literacy
services. Nearly 30 years and thousands of students later, Learn to Read St.
Lucie County honored Brennan by naming its new facility the Dorothy Brennan
Learning Center.
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The
open house also served as the grand reopening for the organization, which has a
new look, new management, and a new passion to help provide the gift of
literacy to anyone aged 16 or older through free, confidential instruction in
reading, writing, and speaking English. Learn to Read also provides assistance
in helping train individuals in the technological skills necessary to navigate
life in the 21st Century. READ
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