One of our former Adult Literacy Program students is now featured on the New York Coalition for Adult Literacy’s website. Watch the video above or click here to visit the NYCCAL website to read it and watch it!
Tag: adult literacy
Albany!
Here are more photos from Albany. Our students went to the state capital last week with other members of the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy (NYCCAL) to advocate for $25 million in funding for Adult Literacy Education in New York State. We held a rally on the Million Dollar staircase, where in addition to Senator Jessica Ramos and Assembly Members Ron Kim and Pat Fahy, our very own Adult Literacy Program students Lifen and Jose spoke about how important programs like ours are. After the rally we visited state assembly members’ and senators’ offices and to tell them why adult literacy programs need more funding in New York.
To learn more about NYCCAL and what we’re advocating for, click here.
Free English Classes!
Literacy Lifts
Here’s a recent Tweet from Assemblymember Ron Kim about the importance of adult literacy. You may recognize one of our students, Sen Liang, on the left. Just click on the tweet below to watch the video…
My Adult Literacy Class Means…
New Yorkers Rallied for English Classes
Our W2 students joined @NYCCAL to call on @NYGovCuomo, @yuhline, @BrianKavanaghNY, @CM_MargaretChin to support $15.3M in funding for 3.5 million New Yorkers (1/4 of our state’s adult population) to get Adult Literacy Education (ALE)! #LiteracyLiftsNY #ESOL #AdultEdu
Our Program in the News
In a recent Politico article about state adult education funding, our program’s director, Michael Hunter, is quoted:
The current state budget includes $7.3 million for the Adult Literacy Education program, which serves approximately 5,700 participants statewide, said Michael Hunter, adult literacy program director for the University Settlement Society of New York, a nonprofit providing services for immigrant and low-income families.
Statewide, more than 3.5 million individuals do not have a high school diploma, English-language proficiency or both, Hunter said. The ALE program provides funding to help increase literacy skills, particularly for immigrants and native-born New Yorkers with interrupted education.