Literacy Action Project:
Past Reports and Resources

Action

We shared our efforts to bring more collaboration into our work both between organizations and among our co-workers too! ​

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Selected Resources​

• 5 Tips for Nonprofit Collaborations

• How to Create a Successful Collaboration Between Nonprofit Organizations

• Building Communities of Practice to Cultivate Organizational Knowledge

• Why Collaboration Takes Us Further Than Competition

Action

We identified the qualities our programs need to really thrive and identified our personal action steps! Check them out.

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Selected Resources​

• Adult Education at Risk: Fronts of Resistance to Neoliberalism by Mark Abendroth, New Prairie Press, 2014

• A Lifelong and Life-Wide Framework for Adult Literacy Education by Stephen Reder, Portland State University, 2020

• Toward a Vision of Movement Building in Adult Literacy Education by Ira Yankwitt, Literacy Assistance Center, 2020

Action

We held a Twitter storm on July 1, 2021 to share out info about adult education working conditions and the ripple effects that impact students.

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Selected Resources​

• Community-Centric Fundraising

• NonProfitAF: Not showing the salary range in job postings is archaic and inequitable. So why do we keep doing it

Action

Check out the group's action commitments.

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Selected Resources

• The Marshall Project Language Project

• Sum of Us: A Progressive's Style Guide