Literacy: Spanning North America
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Provincial
Grant Helping Build Inclusive Community
Durham
Region: 6.21.2019
A
bibliotherapy initiative, spearheaded by the Literacy
Network of Durham Region, was given high praise on June 21.
Pickering-Uxbridge
MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy and Joan Young, an Ontario
Trillium Foundation (OTF) volunteer visited LiNDR’s 25th annual general meeting
in Pickering to speak with the group. Bethlenfalvy also congratulated the group
on the work that has been done to create a Bibliotherapy initiative, which is
taking place in the community as a result of receiving a $39,100 seed grant
from the OTF in 2018.
“Our
government is proud to be investing in this important initiative, which will
help build a stronger, more inclusive community in Pickering-Uxbridge,” said
MPP Bethlenfalvy. “Since day one, we have been focused on providing support to
those who need it — in Durham Region, and across the province.”
Bibliotherapy
is the use of reading materials, fiction, poetry and memoirs, to help people
dealing with mental, physical, emotional, developmental or social problems. The
book choices are used to create topic-related group sessions that speak to
specific life problems and promote resilience, such as inspirational stories
about overcoming addictions. READ
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Celebrate Adult Learners’ Successes!
Redlands
Reads: May 2019
Throughout
the year learners use their new reading and writing skills to reach new goals.
The following highlights recent achievements:
Thirty-nine
learners submitted works for publication in the adult literacy anthology, Our
Stories, A Collection of Writing, Volume 2. This anthology, which will be
published in the spring, includes personal memories, reflections on readings,
poems, and inspired writings.
Nine
learners participated in the Southern
California Library Literacy Network’s 18th Annual Writer to Writer Challenge.
This writing challenge invites adult learners throughout southern California to
write a letter to an author whose book inspired them. Tanya Jauregui, was
awarded runner-up in the intermediate writer category. She wrote a letter to
Joan Anderson, author of A Year by the Sea.
Tanya wrote, “After reading your book, it made me realize that women have their
own keys to their happiness.”
One
learner completed the Adult
Literacy Leadership Institute Bootcamp and several learners have made
public presentations to community groups. Another learner assists the adult
literacy computer instructor. Learners began reading words, sentences, and
books on their own. More than a dozen learners reported that they had advanced
in their employment. Some learners are pursuing certifications, citizenship, or
have graduated from the Adult Literacy program having met their literacy goals.
All
learners are to be congratulated for their commitment to improve their
literacy. READ
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Leader
At Wichita Area Literacy Council Since Beginnings Lauded As She Steps Down
Greenbay
Press Gazette: 6.25.2109 by Judith K. McGinnis, Times Record News
Anyone
who has ever worked with, volunteered for or learned from Sara Shelton agrees
to one thing.
She
is the heart and soul of Wichita Adult
Literacy Council.
After
25 years as WALC executive director Sara stepped down from the position in
April to continue her battle with cancer.
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“We
started with six people and now we work with 300-400 adults every year,”
Shelton said. “I was surprised how quickly the program grew.”
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“Over the years Sara has helped countless WALC
clients with their unique needs,” said Cindy Price who spent 4 years working
for the Literacy Council. “She would get on the phone and advocate for them.
Whether it was helping a client get dentures when they had no money to pay for
them or speaking with a customer service rep to help a non-English speaking
client get a financial issue resolved she was always willing to go to bat for
them.”
“Sara's greatest accomplishment has been to keep
adult literacy in the forefront of the community,” said Jean Payne, who served
on the WALC board for five years. “I commend the newspaper for giving her a
regular forum to explain the various ways people struggle to get along in life
when they can't read well, how that impacts the entire community in lack of
productivity and how it can affect children and grandchildren if they're not
encouraged to read at a young age.” READ
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