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Harris Co. Libraries Offer Free Citizenship Classes To Public

ABC 13: 11.14.2019 by Pooja Lodhia

More than a dozen Harris County Libraries are offering free ten-week-long citizenship classes.

"Our immigrant community is vibrant, diverse, and energetic," said volunteer teacher Deannie Allen. "They add a lot to our community. I want to help them become citizens because someone helped my ancestors become citizens."

Allen is a retired school teacher who has helped dozens of people pass their citizenship tests.

She incorporates rhymes and songs into her teaching.

Curious to see what questions are on the citizenship test? Here is a list of 100 questions that can appear on the exam.  WATCH 02:24

Literacy Programs Available In Newburgh

MidHudson News: 11.15.2019

Literacy Connections Inc., a non-profit organization in existence since 1975 opened a Newburgh branch this week to serve students with low literacy levels.

Located at 436 Robinson Avenue, Literacy Connections also serves immigrants lacking English language skills.  Executive Director Marisol Rodriguez noted that they serve residents of Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, and Orange Counties.  According to Rodriguez, illiteracy or low literacy is a family issue and it is addressed through their “Adult and Family Literacy Program” while the “Book Buddies Program” brings volunteers to read with children in schools that are struggling to read.

Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non- profit organization founded in 1975. We serve adult students with the lowest literacy levels and immigrants lacking English language skills in Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, and Orange Counties. Recognizing that illiteracy or low literacy is a family issue, our Adult and Family Literacy program also offers reading enrichment to children through our Book Buddies program, which brings volunteers to read with children in schools struggling with reading.  READ MORE >>

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Empowering Hoosier Adults Through Free Literacy & Certification Classes

Hiring Hoosiers — Removing Barriers

Indy Channel: 11.15.2019 by Amanda Starrantino

Hiring Hoosiers is all about opening the book to resources and tools to help you write the story for your career. A program that has been around Central Indiana for three decades is working within an all-new model that brings illiterate adult Hoosiers together to master the skill of reading.

Indy Reads hopes these classroom-based lessons will help Hoosiers land a job or get promotions within their current jobs to excel in their career goals and make the community as a whole a stronger place.

The ABC's come as a simple skill for many Hoosiers. But the reality in Indiana is that it is not a tool to take for granted. One in every six adults read below a 5th-grade level, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Michelle Smith is one of them. She did not learn how to read as a child.

"No, they passed me on through, they just passed me on through," explains Smith. "[Went to school,] but didn't learn anything."

This 58-year-old from Indy's east side is working re-write her past.

="I am learning more now than I did when I was going to school since I have been in this program," says Smith.  WATCH 03:08

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Literacy DuPage

NCTV 17: 11.15.2019

Literacy DuPage recruits and trains volunteer tutors who teach adults English. Since 1972, they have been equipping a big-hearted army of tutors to sit side-by-side with adults in DuPage County who cannot understand, speak, read, or write English.  WATCH 09:00