Love of Reading Book Drive!
February is Love of Reading Month! In celebration of Love of Reading Month, two of our community partners are holding children’s book drives! Mostly Books and Studio 37 Nail Lounge are collecting new and gently-used children’s books during the month of February. “We’re very excited to do a book drive for Literacy Connects because of […]
Quilting for Literacy
Our friends at the Tucson Quilters Guild have chosen Literacy Connects as the beneficiary of their Small Quilt Auction at this year’s Quilt Fiesta! The The Quilt Fiesta will take place at the Tucson Convention Center from February 16- 18th and is open 9-5 Friday and Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. Admission is $10.00. Click […]
Training Opportunity for Volunteer Tutors of Refugees
Literacy Connects’ English Language Acquisition for Adults (ELAA) program and Pima Community College’s Refugee Education Program (REP) are offering a training session focused on practical techniques to help students develop their English language speaking and listening skills, as well as emerging reading and writing skills. This hands-on training is intended for volunteers or community members […]
65 Diverse & Wonderfully Creative Books for the Whole Family
Do you want to offer diverse and wonderfully creative books to your loved ones this holiday season? Have you ever heard of the gift giving strategy of “Something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read”? Look no furhter! Literacy Connects has put together this book shopping guide for “something to […]
Training for Volunteer Tutors of Refugees
In collaboration with Pima Community College’s Refugee Education Program, and the University of Arizona’s Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program, Literacy Connects is offering training sessions for volunteers who teach or tutor English with low-literacy adults from refugee backgrounds. The training offers teaching strategies that help students develop receptive and oral English language skills, as […]
“Don’t Be Afraid.”
Ana (third from left) with tutors and other GED gradsLiteracy Connects is proud to announce the June 1, 2017 HSE/GED graduation of nine adult students! You may remember Ana as our inspiring student speaker from last year’s Get Connected event. We’re excited to share that she was able to take the stage earlier this […]
Dreams Come True for Refugee and Immigrant Women
The second cohort of our Women RISE interns have all completed their job-readiness training and are ready to take on the world! Two of the Women RISE interns secured their dream jobs with help from the program. In their own words… “I highly recommend this program to all those women who want to incorporate into […]
The Best of Stories that Soar!
Best of Stories that Soar! 2016-2017 Soars to New Heights A special message from Sharon O’Brien, Artistic Director of Literacy Connects’ Stories that Soar! How to sum up the efforts and success of an entire season of creativity, connects and story sharing magic in using only words? Starting with gratitude, one of the things I […]
Refugees and Immigrants Tell Their Stories
A proud bookmaker holds up her book for the camera. The Tucson Museum of Art and Literacy Connects Help Refugees and Immigrants Tell Their Stories Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block (TMA) and Literacy Connects (LC) […]
You’re Invited…
…to stay at home and enjoy your favorite beverage over a good e-book! I’d like to share some of my favorite stories with you. Will you join me? All you have to do is click here to scroll through our e-book to experience exciting and heartwarming stories from our Stories that Soar! student authors. […]
