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In Our Dreams We Read (Paperback)
Bruce K Berger; Foreword by Margaret Doughty; Photographs by Nickerson B. Miles
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You may take for granted that you can read these words. But many
people cannot, and that's what this book is about. Tens of millions
of Americans today lack the skills to complete a job application,
read a recipe, find their way on a street map, calculate a
restaurant bill or follow a favorite passage of scripture.
Throughout history, people have shared personal experiences through
stories. This is a book of 30 such stories from the front lines of
the literacy movement in Alabama. In their own words, these people
recount in very personal terms their motivations and dreams along
the spectrum of learning and teaching. All profits from the sale of
this book are donated to the Literacy Council of West Alabama and
the Literacy Council in Birmingham.
The book seeks to demonstrate the ways in which collective impact
approaches have guided the development of literacy coalitions over
time. Since community collaboration strategies developed to address
social issues, coalitions have grown from small networking
organizations to powerful forces for change. The history of
literacy coalitions offers a timeline outlining the why, who, what,
where, when and how of communities that were influenced by social
and political changes and the ways coalitions responded and
thrived. The lack of literacy has held back economic development in
the US and coalitions shine a light on issues associated with
illiteracy and low school achievement. Not all coalitions succeed
and the book explores models of success, funding strategies,
evaluation and impact. The goal is to assist those developing
coalitions by providing not only lessons learned but a blueprint
for success.
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