Adult Education and Family Literacy Week Toolkit

September is a big month for literacy that includes Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (AEFL Week) and International Literacy Day. This year, AEFL Week is September 22-28. International Literacy Day will be celebrated on September 8.

To help you celebrate these events and increase awareness of the adult literacy issue, we’ve put together a toolkit. The free download includes information about AEFL Week and International Literacy Day, adult education facts, suggested activities, sample letters, social media templates, and more.

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Click here for sample social media messages

AEFL Week Artwork and Fact Sheet

ProLiteracy and National Coalition for Literacy have developed a fact sheet and a logo to help programs and individuals participate in the promotion of adult education and family literacy.

The AEFL Week logo can be added to your websites, social media posts, marketing materials, and more.

Social Media Images and Videos

You can post the following social media images on Twitter or Facebook during AEFL Week. Just right click and select "Save Image As" to save the animations, or click the link below to go to the video file which you can save and share. You can also create your own social media images with Pablo. To share the Youtube videos, just hover over them and click share.

You can also copy and paste sample social media messages.

AEFL Week - Teach the parent; reach the child. ▶ download the .mp4

AEFL Week - Inmates who are educated are 43% less likely to return to prison. ▶ download the .mp4

Parents with a high school diploma or high school equivalency degree engage more in their children's education. ▶ download the .mp4

An excess of $230 billion a year in health care costs is linked to low adult literacy. ▶ download the .mp4

Children of parents with low literacy have a 72% chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves. ▶ download the .mp4

14% of the world's population is non-literate. ▶ download the .mp4