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Freep: 12.28.2020 by *Paul Anger
Reading
Works was born of a heartfelt commitment to
Detroit. We toiled for a decade – with dedicated partners — to help extend the
city’s renaissance to its workforce, its neighborhoods and its schools
From
our earliest days, we described ourselves as “dedicated to improving adult
literacy in metro Detroit, and promoting the idea that reading works — in the
home and in the workplace.”
The
strategy: Raise literacy and education levels of more adults so they could land
good-paying jobs and create a family environment to help children thrive in
school.
Reading
Works became a backbone of community-wide efforts, and much progress was made.
In early 2020, in fact, it was accelerating — until the pandemic.
But
as 2021 dawns, the effort to promote literacy in the city efforts will have to
carry on without Reading Works.
Like
many organizations, we’ve fallen victim to the pandemic and the painful
interruption of both funding and important work that needed doing. READ
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10 News: 12.28.2020 by Virginia Cha
It
can be easy to take the ability to read for granted, but there's nothing easy
about admitting you can't read, especially for adults. Just ask Gary Swimpson.
"I
have a 7-year-old grandson that can read better than me," he says,
"it hurts. I'm 61 years old, I'm supposed to be reading to him, but I
can't let that get me down. I have to keep pushing forward."
Pushing
forward is Gary's mantra. He exudes positivity, but it wasn't always that way.
"As
far as my background, where I come from, 'the hood' and all that, you know I
made a lot of bad choices coming up and so I'm trying to do the right thing in
life for the first time in my life."
He
says the hardest part of his journey has been having the strength to continue
pushing himself to do it.
"When
you never read growing up and now you're in your fifties or sixties and you try
it, it's a challenge."
When
Gary moved from Los Angeles to Oceanside, he decided it was time for a fresh
start, beginning about a year and a half ago with the Oceanside READS Learning Center.
Chelsea
Genack Eggli, the literacy coordinator for Oceanside Public Library, said,
"It takes a lot of courage and it takes a lot of strength to go back to
school when somebody is older in life," she says. WATCH 02:30
The T and D: 12.29.2020 by Martha Rose Brown
Over
the course of nearly three decades, North
Challenge Center volunteers have helped approximately 1,200
families.
The
center has helped adults learn to read and write, earn their GEDs and
accomplish other goals.
Now
the center has lost its funding due to the pandemic and is about to close.
Sandy
Sigmon and her husband George, both Navy veterans, co-founded the center in
1993. She’d plan to retire in the upcoming year.
Over
the years as the center’s director, her most special moments have come “when
someone’s learned to read and they realize it.”
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Herald Tribune: 12.31.2020
Goodwill
Manasota is offering virtual ESOL (English for
Speakers of Other Languages) classes each week for team members whose primary
language is not English.
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Michelle Desveaux McLean, executive director of the Literacy Council, says that 20% of adults living in Manatee County are at or below the lowest literacy level, according to the Program for the International Assessment of AdultCompetencies. READ MORE ➤➤
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