Detroit Literacy Coalition Program News
We are very excited to announce that Detroit Literacy Coalition has been selected as a Reading Works’ 2012 adult literacy partner.
Reading Works is a new nonprofit in Detroit dedicated to raising the level of adult literacy in our community. On Sunday, October 2nd a mass media campaign will begin with a special section in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press and on WXYZ channel 7 to shine a spotlight on the work of 9 established literacy agencies in the Metro Detroit area.
With the support that Reading Works will bring, we hope to expand our resources and hours in order to reach more adult learners in need. Reading Works will open the door to new opportunities for our agency, our institutional partners and our learners.
Please buy a copy of the Detroit Free Press and turn on Chuck Stokes “Spotlight on the News” at 9:30 a.m. Sunday October 2nd to hear more about this exciting initiative. Listen for continuing coverage about Reading Works on TV and radio throughout the week and coming year.
Wayne State University iStart Program /DLC Partnership
program
New partnership between Wayne State University and the Detroit Literacy
Coalition -- literacy training of WSU iStart students in Fall 2008.
From the July 30th article by Patricia Scott in The South End,
the official student newspaper of Wayne State University:
"Wayne State will be offering its incoming freshmen an opportunity
to be certified as literacy tutors through iStart and the Detroit Literacy
Coalition.
The joint partnership is being done in an effort to take on the
literacy crisis in Detroit.
The DLC, under the direction of Dr. Daphne Ntiri, a WSU associate
professor of Africana studies, has been involved in training literacy
tutors since 1985. But the effort is taking on a new dimension with
the recruiting of WSU student volunteers." link
to full article
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Parent/Child
Tutoring Alliance
A walk to promote more intensive tutoring between Detroit parents
and their children was the talk of the Detroit Literacy Coalition's
Parent/Child Tutoring Alliance. Under the direction of veteran tutor,
Elizabeth Williams, a protest march was organized between 10 and 12am
down Second Ave and West Grand Boulevard on Saturday, August 16, 2008.
PHOTOS TO COME SOON
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DLC's
DREAM SUITE designed by DLC's veteran tutors, Elizabeth Williams
and Ramona Dunbar, Program Coordinator
DLC's DREAM SUITE is designed to strengthen basic literacy skills,
promote computer literacy and self empowerment opportunities. Learners
are engaged in this highly inspiring writing program while learning
MS Word and Powerpoint. This interactive program begins with learners
exploring and highlighting their childhood dream of "what I
want to be when I grow up!" The goal is for each learner to
create a dream book based on this theme and present it at the end
of session. The idea is phenomenal because it gives learners an
opportunity to tap into their hidden and/or dormant creativity to
enhance learning, self esteem and personal motivation.
Past successes include instant poetry writers and entrepreneurs.
One of the learners now makes and markets handmade purses for sale.
INTERNS
Several Wayne State University students served as interns in the
DLC literacy outreach and learned first hand how to motivate and
teach computer, reading and writing skills. The 2008 winter intern
was Vivian Sanders of the Interdisciplianry Studies Department.
The DLC welcomes students seeking internship opportunities
in service learning, adult education and community service administration
from neighboring community colleges and universities.
Write to us at: mailto:detroitliteracycoalition@gmail.com
LEARNERS
If you seek reading and math skill, GED and computer skill training
and enhancement, please write to us at: mailto:detroitliteracycoalition@gmail.com
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