Newport Beach Library :: Check Out This Review @GreatNonProfits

Check Out This Review Of Newport Mesa Proliteracy

Great NonProfits: 8.21.2019

Newport Mesa Proliteracy touches people's lives in the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa communities every day, offering adult literacy services and on-line GED tutoring. In the 15 years I have been involved as a volunteer with the program, I have seen our learners proud smiles as they reach personal milestones -- GED or higher degrees, new jobs, drivers' licenses, or earning US citizenship. My personal skills and appreciation of the diversity of our community have also grown with my involvement.  READ MORE >>

Next Tutor Workshop

Oct 17 & 24

5:30pm – 8:30pm

Reservations for this training are required

Online Orientation 

must be completed before attending Training

For More Information 
please contact literacy@newportbeachca.gov 
or call 949-717-3874

Redlands Library :: Adult Literacy Program Learners Tutors Prepare To Present ‘Seedfolks’

Seedfolks

Adult Literacy Program Learners Tutors Prepare To Present ‘Seedfolks’

Redlands Community News: 8.29.2019

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program selected “Seedfolks” by Paul Fleischman as its community read this year and will celebrate its message by hosting a FREE performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Contemporary Club, 173 S. Eureka St., Redlands.

“Seedfolks” is a story about a neighborhood that transforms a vacant lot into a community garden. In the process, neighbors from many different backgrounds get to know each other and form a community of mutual support. “Seedfolks” was selected because it mirrors the community of adult learners and tutors, who come frommany walks of life and countries, but learn from each other and become a community of readers and writers, said Diane Shimota, adult literacy coordinator.

The 40-minute performance will be directed by Teresa Dolan with acting support from Eric Gruenler, Kathy Johnson, Carrie and Cash Morgan, James Muro, Nelda Stuck and tutors and learners from the Redlands Adult Literacy Program. For some of the tutors and learners, this will be their first time acting on stage. Adult learners and tutors enjoyed reading Seedfolks and studying the book’s characters, who represent immigrant communities in the United States.

Reflecting on the book, tutor Nancy Reid stated that it is “amazing how the planting of seeds can bring diverse people together who would never have met and become friends.  READ MORE >>

Next Tutor Orientation

September 30th - 6:00 pm

909.798.7565, ext. 4138

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: September 2019

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

September 2019

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

International Literacy Day

Library Card Sign-Up Month

World Kid Lit Month

Food Literacy Awareness Month

Sep. 06      #ReadABookDay

Sep. 08      Long Beach Zine Fest Expo Art Center

Sep. 08      International Literacy Day

Sep. 13      Sacramento Play Summit Sacramento Library Tsakopoulos Galleria

Sep. 13      Roald Dahl Day

Sep. 15      International Dot Day

Sep. 16      Overview of Dyslexia Screening OnLine

Sep. 16      Reading Comprehension Strategies Online

Sep. 16      Curiosity Day with Curious George

Sep. 18      Read an eBook Day

Sep. 18      School Backpack Awareness Day

Sep. 20      Southern California Writers' Conference Irvine

Sep. 21      Fall into Fiction UCAAB  Oakland

Sep. 21      Pasadena Loves YA Pasadena Library 12N

Sep. 21      ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival Fairytale Town Sacramento

Sep. 22      Banned Book Week

Sep. 22      Hobbit Day

Sep. 22      Adult Education & Family Literacy Week

Sep. 24      National Punctuation Day

Sep. 24      National Voter Registration Day

Sep. 25      ProLiteracy Conference San Diego CA

Sep. 26      Banned Websites Awareness Day

Sep. 28      Latino Book and Family Festival N San Diego Mira Costa College

Sep. 28      Los Angeles Libros Festival LAPL Central Library 11a

Sep. 28      Wilmington Book Festival Fall Into Literacy Banning Museum

Sep. 30      Global Read Aloud Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

California Book Festivals & Events :: September 2019

California Book Festivals & Events :: September 2019

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and More !

Banned Book Week

Library Card Sign-Up Month

World Kid Lit Month

Sep. 01              San Francisco Zine Fest

Sep. 06              #ReadABookDay
Sep. 07-Oct 2    Menlo Park Storytelling Festival Menlo Park Library

Sep. 08              Long Beach Zine Fest Expo Art Center

Sep. 08              International Literacy Day

Sep. 18              Read an eBook Day

Sep. 21              Fall into Fiction UCAAB  Oakland

Sep. 21              Pasadena Loves YA Pasadena Library 12N

Sep. 21              Family Day at the Park Stockton

Sep. 21              ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival Fairytale Town Sacramento

Sep. 22              Banned Book Week

Sep. 22              Hobbit Day

Sep. 20-22         Southern California Writers’ Conf Irvine

Sep. 27-29         Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival

Sep. 28              Latino Book and Family Festival North San Diego MiraCosta College

Sep. 28              Los Angeles Libros Festival LAPL Central Library 11a

Sep. 28              Wilmington Book Festival Fall Into Literacy Banning Museum

#LitWeekLA

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

Storytelling Events

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: September 2019

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: September 2019

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

International Literacy Day

Sep. 05      Adult Literacy Tutor Training Commerce Library 5p

Sep. 05      Youth Literacy Training Commerce Library 5p

Sep. 07      ESL Tutor Training San Gabriel VLC Pasadena 9a

Sep. 07      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Placentia Library 10a

Sep. 07      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Luis Obispo 10a

Sep. 07      Seedfolks Theater Redlands Library Literacy Contemporary Club 2p

Sep. 09      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Co Library 5p

Sep. 10      Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ San Diego Malcolm X Library 6p
Sep. 10+   Basic ESL Learner Class Murrieta Library 5p ( to Oct 29)

Sep. 12      Annual Celebration of Literacy Newport Beach Library 10a

Sep. 16      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Corona Library 7p

Sep. 16      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Orange City Library 5:30p

Sep. 17      Adult Literacy Tutor Training Chula Vista Library 10a
Sep. 17      Learning Differences: What You Need To Know Ventura Co Library 6p
Sep. 19      READ OC Speaker Series Children's Bureau Costa Mesa Library 12N

Sep. 21      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Whittier Literacy Council 9a

Sep. 22      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library Vista 12N

Sep. 26      National Literacy Month Gary Soto Downey Library 7p      

Sep. 27      Taste of 'Dena Altadena Library 7p

Sep. 29      Literacy Community Feud Fundraiser Monrovia Library 1p

Sep. 30      National Literacy Month John Archambault Downey Library 4p

Altadena Library Complete a self-paced, online training module

Chula Vista Library Mondays @ 6p Wednesdays @10a

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

I Love My Librarian Winner Olga Cardenas: Breaking Barriers To Literacy

I Love My Librarian Winner Olga Cardenas: Breaking Barriers To Literacy

I Love Libraries: 5.17.2017 by J Falcon

At the Stanislaus County Library in Modesto, California, Olga Cardenas makes it her mission to deliver literacy programs, regardless of language or economic barriers.

It is why she received a 2016 I Love My Librarian Award.  Blessed with the ability to communicate in English and Spanish, she reaches families in Stanislaus County burdened with extreme poverty and facing cultural barriers.  Cardenas, who was nominated by the Friends of the Modesto Library,  holds the key these families need to unlock the potential for unlimited opportunities for their children.

As the Youth Services Outreach Librarian, she reaches out to parents in their communities, their workplaces and their houses of worship. Her outreach efforts have also led her to forge partnerships between the library and businesses, service organizations and schools.  WATCH 01:47

Librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day.

The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians.

NOMINATE A LIBRARIAN

Nominations for the 2019-2020

I Love My Librarian Award are open through October 21

Colton Library :: Introduces Adult GED Study Groups

Colton Library

Colton Public Library Introduces Adult GED Study Groups

City News Group: 8.22.2019 by Suzanne Busch, Literacy Program Assistant

The Colton Public Library is calling all adults who want to expand their knowledge and increase their abilities in different areas of study. If you've been wanting to go back to school or just improve your skill sets, don't miss out on the library's program.

Colton Public Library’s Advance to Literacy Program will begin a new series of study group meetings for people ages 18 and older in September 2019.

The first subject for study will be Math and Science. A volunteer tutor will lead the study groups.

This program is FREE. Registration is required. Please call Colton Public Library’s Advance to Literacy Office at (909) 370-5170 to register.