Adult Literacy Awareness Month

Adult Literacy Awareness Month, 1986
Proclamation 5519: August 27, 1986
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

The incidence of illiteracy and functional illiteracy among the Nation's adult population negatively affects our economy, our social institutions, and our security. It also limits the opportunities open to those who lack basic reading and writing skills. Estimates of the number of illiterate or functionally illiterate Americans range from twenty-three million to over fifty million.

Adult illiteracy has not received the attention it deserves. As Americans come to understand the problem better they will come to grips with it. Illiteracy is not limited to any region of the Nation, nor to any social or ethnic group. We must take this problem seriously and provide the means and the motivation to help those with literacy deficiencies to master the ability to read and write.

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The SCLLN blog will feature our member

library literacy programs throughout September.

ALHAMBRA LIBRARY LITERACY (A.L.L.)

Our mission is to help adults improve their reading and writing skills so that they perceive a positive impact on their lives in such areas as self-esteem, employment, family life, and community involvement.

A.L.L. provides one-to-one basic literacy tutoring by trained volunteers to adults (age 16+) throughout the Alhambra area. A.L.L., through the Alhambra Civic Center Library, has been offering this service since October 1983, when Alhambra joined the California Literacy Campaign.

SERVICES PROVIDED: Families for Literacy - Literacy Tutors
The Literacy Department can be contacted at (626) 570-3281

Altadena Library District: Adult Literacy Let's Read Altadena!

Funded in part by a grant from the California State Library, the Adult Literacy Services program of the Altadena Library District – Let’s Read Altadena – has been serving the residents of Altadena since 1988. For the last 15 years it has been housed at the Bob Lucas Branch Library.

Instruction is provided by volunteer tutors who have completed a 12-hour tutor training course. The services of Let’s Read Altadena are free of charge to any adult. Speakers of other languages are also encouraged to enroll in our program once they have mastered basic spoken English.

CA & National Literacy Calendar: September 2009

California Literacy Calendar: July 2009

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
-local, California and National Conferences-
visit
Southern California Library Literacy Network
for more information

Current Tutor Training Workshops scrolling in left frame

Local Events

Sep 2: 10x10 Literacy Campaign – Centro Latino for Literacy
Sep 3-27: Festival of Children – South Coast Plaza
Sep 10 – 5pm: Manos Amigas/Helping Hands - Centro Latino for Literacy
Sep 12-13: Santa Monica Book Fair
Sep 19-8:30am: Orton-Gillingham Method – San Diego
Sep 21-9am: What is Dyslexia - Cyberspace
Sep 25-27: Southern California Writer’s Conference – LA
Sep 26-11am: Storypalooza – Santa Monica

National Events

Sep 8: International Literacy Day
Sep 9-10am: Intl Literacy Day Celebration – Library of Congress
Sep 16-8:30am: Changing the Odds-Adult Learners – Wash DC
Sep 16-5:30pm: Literacy Leadership Awards – Library of Congress
Sep 26: National Book Festival National Mall – Wash DC

San Diego Co Library - The Benefit of One Another

The Benefit of One Another
Learn Alive: Aug/Sep 2009

Mother Theresa was often quoted as saying; “ Life is chiefly about service. “ My belief is such that she would be highly impressed with the ways LEARN subscribes to this ideal. I personally take this opportunity to say thank you to the committed staff at LEARN, to the brave learners and tutors, and to all those whose participation make literacy possible to each of us interested in the gift of continued LEARN-ing.

Name is Jayelle Sargent. My recent introduction to LEARN came at this period of my life which I jokingly remind my husband, who is seven years younger than I, “Lucky you darling…to witness this best chapter of my life’s drama. " Our four sons are grown, I recently retired from my career as an agent in the film industry, survived major health issues, and now I have the opportunity to choose how I will spend this last chapter. My love for libraries calls me to them, so it was a double delight when at the Encinitas Library, I read a LEARN flyer requesting volunteer tutors for literacy. Without hesitation, I called the Adult Literacy Program, signed up to attend a tutor training, and only then did I ask myself, “How in the world am I going to tutor English when I don’t remember many rules of grammar that I use out of habit.” My fears were quickly put to rest. By the close of the tutor training I had received the verbal support I needed, along with hands on materials to start this new adventure.

Several weeks later I received a call from the Literacy Center telling me there was a young woman interested in studying with a tutor. The appointment was set. Alicia and I met at the Encinitas Library on a Saturday, April 11, 2009. After we introduced ourselves to one another, I think the next thing I said was “You smell wonderful…I love your cologne.” How’s that for an icebreaker! READ MORE !