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Alameda County Library
Adult Literacy Program
~ Everyone Can Change the World ~
malcolm x, yoshiko uchida, eleanor roosevelt, sojourner truth, anne frank, cesar chavez, literacy students
  • We use reading and writing as a tool to examine personal, social, economic and political situations in life.

  • We encourage multiple approaches to reading and writing.

  • We encourage questioning and discussion as a form of language and literacy development.

  • We encourage students to identify their strengths and skills and share them with other students.

  • We use the classroom as a bridge between home and community, exploring such issues as isolation, discrimination, health, and family life.

Although many people think of literacy as an individual skill, our program places literacy as a social practice in our community....read more