Yesterday the University Settlement Adult Literacy Program hosted a Job and Resource Fair featuring: the 2020 Census, Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), CUNY – Borough of Manhattan Community College, English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS), Henry Street Settlement, Seward Park Library, SUNY – Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), University Settlement Human Resources, and Workforce 1. Enjoy the video above and the pics below:
Last night we celebrated the release of the Literacy Review, Volume 17 at NYU. The Literacy Review is an annual collection of writing by adult education students throughout New York City, and it is produced and published by the NYU Gallatin Writing Program, under the leadership of Professor June Foley. Advanced Writing Class student Marilia Valengo, along with many other adult literacy students across NYC, read before a crowd of over 200 people.
In the video below you will see writers included in this year Literacy Review talk about their writing – watch for Advanced Writing Class student Murielle Mobengo at the 1:05 mark:
More posts on the Literacy Review to come!
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…
Last week some of our students and staff took a trip to New Jersey to watch a New Jersey Devils hockey game. Students got a tour of the arena, took in the game, and even got to watch zambonis at work. Here are some pics:
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