Adult Literacy:

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Adult Literacy

• Better Skills
• Better Jobs
• Better Lives

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Welcome

• Thank you for attending our first annual
• Adult Literacy Celebration

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• This event was made possible with the support of
  the Washington State Board of Community and
  Technical Colleges
• The Seattle Literacy Consortium a group of
  Seattle area Literacy providers our mission is
  to educate and serve adult learners in the
  Seattle area.

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Seattle Literacy Consortium

• Seattle Central Community College
• South Seattle Community College
• North Seattle Community College
• Seattle Vocational Institute
• Shoreline Community College
• St. James ESL
• Literacy Source
• Goodwill
• Seattle University
• The Seattle Public Library

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Todays Speakers

• Dr. Jill Wakefield, President of SSCC and newly
  appointed chancellor of the Seattle Community
  College District
• Jack Kuester Literacy Source Board member and
  CEO of Walsh Construction,
• NSCC I-BEST student, Dein Vo
• Representative Phyllis Kenney

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Thank you!

• We hope you leave today with a better
  understanding of the need for Adult Literacy
  Education and
• an increased sense of responsibility and hope
  for the future!