With Support From Verizon

Partners
• Anchorage Literacy Project • Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc. • California Library Literacy Services, California State Library • California Literacy, Inc. • LVA Rhode Island • Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans • Literacy Volunteers of Maine • Literacy West Virginia • Louisiana Coalition for Literacy • Minnesota Literacy Council • New Mexico Coalition for Literacy • Ohio Literacy Network • Oklahoma Department of Libraries • Oklahoma Literacy Coalition • Oregon Literacy, Inc. • South Central Literacy Association • Tacoma Community House • Texas Association of Adult Literacy Councils • Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center • Virginia Literacy Foundation • Virginia Literacy Institute • Wisconsin Literacy, Inc. •

Overview
Background
Stipends
Regional Training Schedule
ProLiteracy Worldwide 2004 Conference
About ProLiteracy America

Overview

State-of-the-art trainings are coming soon to a location near you! With support from Verizon, ProLiteracy America is partnering with state/regional literacy organizations across the nation to sponsor trainings led by nationally recognized experts in their fields. Each training is tailored to the identified needs of the local organizations in that region.

Individual registration fees for each two-day training program are $35 for ProLiteracy America affiliates and $50 for non-affiliates. Affiliate travel stipends are also available. Please see the registration form for details. Hotel arrangements must be made by the attendees. Be sure to state that you are with the ProLiteracy America group.

Check the schedule below to learn more about the training in your region. Registration forms are also available online for each event.

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Background
ProLiteracy America, the U.S. programs division of ProLiteracy Worldwide, has received a grant from Verizon to launch training programs for adult literacy practitioners across the nation. Seven cities have been selected to host the ProLiteracy America Regional Trainings: Albuquerque, NM; Portland, OR; Roanoke, VA; Providence, RI; Minneapolis, MN; Shreveport, LA; and Pittsburgh, PA. All programs are open to the public.

According to Peter A. Waite, executive director of ProLiteracy America, each two-day event will offer instructional and management training led by nationally recognized experts in the field. "With more than 1,200 affiliates nationwide, ProLiteracy America is committed to delivering top quality training to volunteer literacy and adult basic education practitioners. These Verizon-sponsored regional programs are enabling ProLiteracy to deliver training that is customized to meet state and local needs."

The goal of the regional trainings is to bring the strength of ProLiteracy to bear on two of the most critical challenges facing local literacy organizations: increasing their capacity to serve a more diverse population and increasing their access to the innovative tools such as Verizon Litercy Campus they need to ensure effective organizational management and stability.

ProLiteracy will work through its new regional representatives and state affiliates to host the seven regional trainings. The trainings have two purposes: (1) to provide state-of-the-art training in materials and methods relevant to the identified needs of local organizations in each region; and (2) to provide organizations with information regarding Verizon Litercy Campus (VLC), an online resource for recruiting, training, and supporting literacy volunteers.

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Stipends Available
The individual registration fee for each two-day training program is $35.00 for ProLiteracy America affiliates and $50.00 for non-affiliates. In addition, a limited number of affiliate travel stipends are being offered to ensure that the regional trainings will be accessible to as many adult literacy practitioners as possible.

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Regional Training Schedule

Southwest
	Albuquerque, NM		June 18-19, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
Northwest
	Portland, OR		August 6-7, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
Southeast
	Roanoke, VA		August 6-7, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
ProLiteracy Worldwide Annual Conference
	Oklahoma City, OK		October 6, 2004		More Info...
Northeast
	Providence, RI		August 26-27, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
	Pittsburgh, PA		December 2-3, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
North Central
	Minneapolis, MN		November 18-19, 2004		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form
South Central
	Shreveport, LA		January 20-21, 2005		More Info... Brochure/Registration Form

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ProLiteracy Worldwide 2004 Conference
Click here to visit the ProLiteracy Worldwide 2004 Conference section of this Web site.

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About ProLiteracy America
ProLiteracy America, the U.S. programs division of ProLiteracy Worldwide, is the largest adult literacy organization in the United States, with more than 1,200 affiliated groups nationwide. ProLiteracy America is dedicated to providing the highest quality information, training, and technical assistance to advance the work of the adult literacy field. ProLiteracy Worldwide was formed in 2002 through the merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. Between them, these organizations represented almost 90 years of expertise in the field of adult literacy. ProLiteracy Worldwide has its headquarters in Syracuse, NY. For more information, please visit the ProLiteracy America section of www.proliteracy.org.