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Literacy Together is currently in an exciting season of growth and celebration
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It was recently announced that our wonderful executive director, Cindy Threlkeld, will retire soon. Literacy Together celebrates her career, service, and leadership to Literacy Together. Under her guidance, we have grown tremendously and are now starting the search for our next leader.
This new executive director will help continue to grow our impact and ability to provide literacy services to our community. Please share our position profile with your community to help spread awareness about Literacy Together, and our executive director search.
We look forward to our next phase of growth and transforming our community through literacy!
Marilyn L. Cortes
Board Chair
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In 2020 Literacy Together created a strategic plan to define and align our goals for the next five years. Your support has brought us to where we are today and will take us to where we are going together!
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Free screenings of "The Right to Read"
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Tuesday, Mar 21, 6:30 PM (Arthur R. Edington Center)
Thursday, Apr 13, 2 PM (The Grotto, Highsmith Student Union)
Thursday, Apr 13, 4 PM (The Grotto, Highsmith Student Union)
The Right to Read is directed by Jenny Mackenzie and produced by Sabi Habib-Lowder, Kareem Jabbar Weaver, and Jenny Mackenzie.
The movie shares the stories of an activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Watch the trailer, and RSVP here.
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The Youth Literacy Program partners with Stephens-Lee Recreation Center
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Our Youth Literacy Program has expanded its paid internship program to include the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, a program within the City of Asheville Parks and Recreation. Five teens participating in the Stephens-Lee after-school program were selected to be paid interns to provide one-on-one reading tutoring to elementary-age students enrolled in the after-school program.
The interns received training on effective literacy instructional strategies and have been provided resources and materials to use with their students. The tutoring pairs meet twice a week to work on literacy skills, including phonics skills, vocabulary development, fluency, and reading comprehension.
In addition, the tutors use literacy games, children's literature, and engaging lessons to inspire the students to become strong readers. We're so excited about this new partnership!
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Authors for Literacy News
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Barbara Kingsolver has said that Silas House is one of her "favorite writers and favorite human beings."
See him in person on May 4, 2023, at the 14th Annual Authors for Literacy Dinner & Auction at the Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center.
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Dulce has been an ESOL student for fifteen years. She started taking classes with a volunteer tutor five years after she moved to the country. She didn't know much English then but strongly desired to learn. Our one-on-one classes were perfect for her and her learning style. She's had many ups and downs during these years and sometimes had to take extended breaks from taking lessons due to life circumstances. She always came back.
Last year, inspired by an experience on the morning of her birthday, she wrote "The Sunrise and the Fog," a book in English! Although she's always had a passion for writing, it surprised her that she had the impulse to write her first book in her second language. Congratulations, Dulce! And thank you! Watch the video below, where Dulce speaks about her book. You can read it here (pay close attention to the dedication!).
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| Dolly has her little corner at Mission Hospital now! We're very excited to work closely with Mission's staff to get more children registered for free books. Thank you!
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library puts books into the hands and hearts of children worldwide. We're mailing a free book monthly to over 5,000 registered children in Buncombe County.
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Our community is getting stronger every day!
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49 people have attended our online volunteer orientation meeting in 2023 so far. We've modified the format of our online orientation meeting to be more inclusive. So, everyone is welcome to join us, from community members, local business owners, and nonprofits willing to learn more about Literacy Together's work to prospective volunteer tutors. This is what one participant said about what they learned during the orientation meeting:
Literacy is a larger problem than I expected in this area.
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| Upcoming Online Orientation Meetings
Tuesday, April 4th, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Thursday, April 6h, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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| Your generosity provides literacy services to our neighbors of every age.
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