Accomplishments

VALUEUSA

Conducts National Adult Learner Leadership Institute every two years (*)      

Conducts Leadership Training

Helps form or improve state learner organizations in six states and counting

Represents the views of adult learners on the National Coalition for Literacy (*)

Educates federal policy-makers about adult literacy from the consumer perspective every year (**)

Provides technical assistance to state and local programs around the country through our National Resource Center on Adult Learner Involvement and Leadership continuously (**)

Helps many other literacy organizations organize and put on workshops for adult learners in their regional, state, and national conferences continuously (**)

Assists national news media with their background research on adult literacy and connect them with adult learners for interviews and feature stories

Co-sponsors the Literacy President Initiative

Produced a Core Leadership Training Manual and developed a two-day training based on that manual  

(*) 1999- present 

(**) 2001- present