DC LEARNs and the D.C. Public Library Celebrate Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

DC LEARNs Redesigned Web site Encourages District Residents to Get Involved
New Adult Literacy Blog Hosting Book Giveaway Contest

• Press Release
• Source: DC LEARNs
• On 10:05 am EDT, Monday October 19, 2009

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 6^th, 2009, the House of Representatives declared October 18-23 Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, encouraging people across the United States to support programs to assist those in need of adult education and family literacy programs. Adult education programs provide classes and tutoring in basic literacy, ESL, and GED preparation.

DC LEARNs and the Adult Literacy Resource Center (ALRC) of the D.C. Public Library are honoring Adult Education and Family Literacy Week by formally announcing the launch of a redesigned DC LEARNs Web site, which now includes a new D.C. adult literacy blog. The blog will serve as a vehicle to enhance public awareness of the important role of adult education—and the connections between adult literacy and other issues, such as public health, housing, and safety.

DC LEARNs and the ALRC are encouraging people to visit the blog during Adult Education and Family Literacy Week with a book giveaway contest on the blog. The books, which are all by and/or about adult learners, include: The Teacher Who Couldn't Read by John Corcoran, Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman, Life is Not a Fairytale by Fantasia Barrino, and Push, a novel by Sapphire.

More details are in our social media release here: http://pitch.pe/29808

Find us at: facebook.com/adultliteracy

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The US House of Representatives passed H.Res.707 on October 6th, designating Adult Education and Family Literacy Week for the week of October 18, 2009, by a vote of 412-0.

DC LEARNs (http://www.dclearns.org) is a nonprofit citywide coalition of more than 70 members, most of whom are organizations providing adult, family, and children’s literacy services to the residents of Washington, D.C. Our mission is to work with these organizations to strengthen literacy services and present a strong, unified voice on the importance of literacy as an investment in the community. We work to raise public awareness of literacy issues, recruit volunteers, and provide the materials, research, and training needed to raise the quality of literacy services available to D.C. residents.

DC LEARNs
Jeff Carter, 202-331-0141
jcarter@dclearns.org