Thanks so much to all of you who have already lent us a hand at Politics & Prose the last few weeks – we’ve had a great time meeting new people while wrapping their books and gifts, and sharing information about the Washington Literacy Center. If you have a few hours to spare this week, we could really use some folks for the 5pm shift at the Connective Avenue store. If you’re interested, please email Janet at wlcreads@gmail.com and she would be thrilled to sign you up! Cheers

The Washington Literacy Center is excited to introduce ‘Book of the Month’. Members of our staff will be selecting a new or recently published title that relates to our mission of adult literacy. WLC President and CEO Jimmie Williams has selected as the November Book of the Month: ‘The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now’, an extensive and insightful book by Anya Kamenetz that exposes a long-running indifference to the plight of children and f

WLC's own Dr. Robin Barr will lead the American University TESOL Zoom Fall Workshop: "The Invisible Student: Identifying and Accommodating the Low-Literacy Learner." Saturday, November 12, 9AM - Noon. In this 3-hour workshop with Dr. Barr, participants will gain insight into how to identify the three main groups of low-literacy students that fall through the cracks of conventional adult English classes, and will participate in sample activities illustrating how to use phonolo

On October 31st, WLC President and CEO Jimmie Williams and new Sr. Director of Education, Strategy and Implementation Evita Leonard-Smedily spoke with Stevie Bridgewaters of the Washington Report about our focus on helping adults develop the skills needed to break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families. The interview appeared on three different outlets: 106.7 The Fan, 99.1 Bloomberg (Sun - 6:00a & 6:30a) ElZol Deportes 1580AM (Sun - 6:00a & 6:30a) 94.7 The Dri

WLC is hosting a Digital Literacy Roundtable with community leaders to share their unique perspectives about the scope of digital literacy needs and how we can close existing gaps. At the Washington Literacy Center, we’ll soon observe our 60th anniversary of removing the barriers to literacy by teaching basic skills — word attack (sounding things out), fluency (reading at a proper pace), and comprehension (understanding and thinking critically) to adults who read below a fift

WLC's partnership with Politics and Prose Bookstore continues tomorrow! Psyche Williams-Forson — Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America - with Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper Tuesday August 16, 2022 7:00 PM EST WLC President & CEO Jimmie Williams will begin the evening with opening remarks. Psyche A. Williams-Forson is one of our leading thinkers about food in America. In Eating While Black, she offers her knowledge and experience to illuminate how anti-Black racism o