Literacy: Spanning the US
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| Montcalm Area
Reading Council |
Literacy
Opens Doors At All Stages Of Life
Daily
News: 9.07.2019 by Stacie Smith
While
reading this article, take a pause and think about the act of reading. A
parent, a teacher or perhaps even a sibling helped you with learning how to
read.
Now
consider being an adult and not being able to fully read and comprehend an
article or struggle to string words together to form a sentence.
According
to the U.S. Department of Education and
the National
Institute of Literacy, approximately 32 million adults in the U.S. are
deemed illiterate.
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The
Montcalm Area Reading Council
(MARC) and the Ionia
Literacy Council are working to change those statistics one person at a
time through tutoring programs. Kristen Kohn is the director of MARC and Janet
Balice is the executive director of the Ionia Literacy Council.
September
is National Literacy
Month and Kohn and Balice want to share with the community the leaps and
bounds achieved by some of the programs’ participants. READ
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Walk
For Literacy In Green Bay Raising Awareness On The Important Fundamentals Of Workforce
Skills
NBC
26: 9.09.2019 by Regina Ahn
It's
international
literacy day, and the community came out to celebrate.
Literacy Green Bay, an
organization that focuses on working with families who are in need of writing,
math, and workforce skills led this event.
The
non profit organization say 80 people signed up for the walk, through Bay Beach
Wildlife Sanctuary. WATCH
00:50
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International
Literacy Day Celebrated In Rapid City
News
Center 1: 9.09.2019 by Claudia Contreras
Dozens gathered at Canyon Lake Park Sunday for International Literacy
Day. Council member Laura Armstrong presented a mayoral proclamation,
recognizing the importance
of literacy.
In
1965, a group of delegates came together to tackle the issue of illiteracy,
stating that it was a core problem plaguing the world.
One
year later President Lyndon B. Johnson declared September 8th Literacy Day. The
Black Hills is dedicated in both its political and educational systems to make
literacy a priority.
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