Adult Literacy Program Celebrates Learner-Led
Book Club!
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Adult learners Martha Romo and Tanya
Jauregui are leading the adult
literacy program’s first learner-led book club. When asked why she would
like to start a book club for adult learners, Tanya shared that book clubs
provide an opportunity for “like-minded individuals to help and encourage each
other, give everyone confidence, and build community.” Martha sees the book
club as an opportunity for learners to lose their fear of reading without the
support of their tutors.
Both learners know the power of reading.
Martha shared that “every little thing you read opens your mind to new ideas or
to better answers in your life.” Likewise, Tanya said, “Reading gives essential
nutrients to the brain and helps to expand life’s journey.” The book club met
for the first time only a few days prior to the library’s closure due to
Covid-19.
The book club’s inaugural book was Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, chosen
by Tanya and Martha for its themes of friendship and compassion. Book club
participants were fortunate to be able to get to know one another in person at
this meeting. By the time the second book club discussion took place in May,
the community was under stay-at-home orders and the meeting took place through
Zoom. READ
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To learn more, join us at a Zoom
Tutor Orientation.
Please call the Redlands Adult Literacy Program office at 909.798.7565, ext. 4138 or email literacy@akspl.org to sign up for the Orientation or if you have any questions.
