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

WLC's partnership with Politics and Prose Bookstore continues this Friday! Maya Payne Smart — Reading for Our Lives Friday, August 12, 2022 7:00 PM EST Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly researc

Washington Literacy Center staff, students, and friends attended The Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. We are very grateful to be one of the beneficiaries of this great event. #CongressionalBaseballGame #charity #AdultLiteracy #WashLit #GetLit #WhereLivesChange