October is Health Literacy Month. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Health Literacy Month. This annual, worldwide, awareness-raising event is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information. According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, only 12 percent of adults have proficient health literacy. This is a…
DuPage County libraries are vital partners to Literacy DuPage. Prior to COVID-19, libraries provided spaces for our learners and tutors to meet weekly, as well as room for us to find new volunteers during Meet & Greet sessions and areas for tutor training sessions. In addition, some libraries provided space for peer-tutor mentor meetings or…
SPARKING conversation at probation. It started with an observant judge and a compassionate probation officer. In 2014, probation officer Randall Wernecke was speaking with Chief Judge Daniel Guerin, of the DuPage County 18th Judicial Circuit Court. Judge Guerin noticed probationers in his courtroom who could not understand, read, or fill out necessary forms. He wondered…
Classroom-based tutoring is now at Literacy DuPage. In July 2019, the College of DuPage and Literacy DuPage embarked on a journey, forming a new partnership together. This partnership is designed for greater reach, greater impact and greater success in the community. As part of the partnership, throughout the fall 2019 semester Literacy DuPage assumed responsibility…
Hablemos! Let’s Talk! When you have a group of passionate parents and strong community partnerships, good things happen. This was precisely the case in 2018. WeGo Together for Kids (a collective impact community collaboration that facilitates the community efforts of West Chicago Elementary School District 33) conducted a community survey asking parents what their hopes…
Extraordinary things can come from partnerships. At Literacy DuPage, we take pride in our collaboration with Puente Del Pueblo (PDP), an outreach ministry at Wheaton Bible Church. Since our two organizations first began working together in 2010, we have been breaking barriers and building bridges. How? By partnering to tutor adults in English. This shared…