Literacy: Spanning the US
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Meet Our Heroes
Wisconsin
Literacy: 2019
Meet our amazing literacy superhero award
recipients from across Wisconsin.
Watch
their powerful stories at this year's Celebration of Literacy.
Literacy Learner of the Year
Loan VoShe was an accountant in Vietnam
who came to the United States 17 years ago.
When she arrived, Loan did not have the English skills necessary to
continue her career here, she struggled to communicate, and she couldn’t drive
her daughter with special needs to medical appointments. Since 2007, she has been studying with Sandy,
her tutor from Literacy Green Bay. Loan now has her driver’s license, is a U.S.
citizen, and works full-time as a licensed nail stylist.
Outstanding Achievement in Workforce
Leddy Luebke, a bilingual Human Resources
representative with Quad, recognized the growing need for employees at Quad to
improve their English language skills.
Their 12-hour work days posed a barrier to attending classes at Casa
Guadalupe Education Center in the Hartford community.
Innovative Program of the Year
Latino
Academy of Workforce Development has an internship program in partnership with the Dane County
Highway Department. The internship prepares adults for their class A Commercial
Driver's License, allowing them to operate big rig trucks and other commercial
vehicles.
Outstanding Achievement in Health
Literacy
Menominee
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin uses trauma-informed care and recovery approach to shift the
Tribe's culture of health.
Outstanding Services to Literacy –
Advocate
Doris Grajkowski has made a significant
impact over the past 49 years as a passionate advocate for reading and for all
those facing low literacy. She shared
her passion of reading as teacher and librarian for 35 years and served on Fond
du Lac Literacy Services (FLS) Board of Directors for 14 years.
Outstanding Service to Literacy – Tutor
Robin Reif has been a Fox Valley Literacy
tutor for over 6 years, supporting adult learners who had little or no access
to education prior to coming to the United States as refugees.
Courage Award for Achievement in a Correctional
Setting winner (tie)
When Alejandro Ramirez Gonzalez was 13,
he moved from Mexico to Milwaukee with his family. Having to learn a new
language and academic subjects at the same time, he struggled to keep up in
school. After going to Racine Youthful
Offender Correctional facility, he says, "That is when I decided to change
my life and help others.” Since then,
Alejandro has completed his HSED, improved his English language skills, taken
vocational courses, and become a tutor in the masonry vocational class offered
within the correctional facility.
Courage Award for Achievement in a
Correctional Setting winner (tie)
Tony Tran earned his high school
equivalency in 2015, while incarcerated.
He didn’t stop there. Tony went on to earn Moraine Park Technical
College credits through several classes offered within the correctional
institution. He also achieved his tutor certification in 2019, allowing him to
serve as a tutor and role model to other justice-involved adults who want to
improve their basic literacy skills. READ
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Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 12
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. Old
(Twelfth graders)
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@LibraryBurbank
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Adult Literacy Tutor Thank You Video
Burbank Public
Library: 4.27.2020
For one out of five adults in the United
States,
reading this paragraph is
either difficult or impossible.
Twenty percent of adults have
trouble with filling out forms,
taking the DMV license exam without
assistance,
helping their children with homework,
addressing an envelope, or writing a
check.
The mission of our Literacy Services program is to help create a better informed community
in which literacy helps parents read to their children, improves job prospects
for adults, and leads families toward positive life choices.
Burbank Public Library has provided literacy
services since 1992. We offer FREE one-on-one tutoring to people over the age
of 16 who are not enrolled in high school and who speak and understand English,
but read and write below 8th grade level. Burbank Public Library Literacy
Services, a member of California Library Literacy
Services,
receives matching funds from the California
State Library. WATCH
Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 14
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. Old
(college level)
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Literacy Group Returns $15K Grant to
Gary; Blames COVID-19 Closures
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Tribune:
5.01.29020 by Carrie Napoleon
The Gary
Literacy Coalition
has returned a $15,000 grant to the city for one of its programs forced to
cancel due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
E. Nikole Rumph, interim director of the
city’s Department of Community Development requested the Gary Board of Works
and Public Safety rescind the grant funded by Community Development Block Grant
revenues once the Gary Literacy Coalition notified the department it could not carry
out the program due to the school closure and gathering restrictions imposed by
Gov. Eric Holcomb to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
“As a result of the catastrophic impact
of COVID-19, we must unfortunately request that the Board of Public Works and
Safety rescind the 2019 Grant Agreement with the Gary Literacy Coalition,”
Rumph wrote in her request to the board.
The coalition also temporarily has
closed due to the pandemic. READ
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Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. Old
(college level entry)
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