Stand up and be heard.
Use your voice and exercise leadership in articulating and addressing the adult literacy challenge. Approximately 50% of Philadelphians are competing for 30% of available jobs. You can and you must lead the way in correcting this imbalance and championing solutions. Philadelphia’s future depends on it.
1. Understand the issue, the impacts, and the opportunities.
Get the facts and learn how Philadelphia can lead the country in improving adult workforce literacy.
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» Understand the Benefits
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2. Share in the solutions.
Become informed and inform others. Host a formal briefing or a more informal discussion session with a group of your colleagues and member of your networks.
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» Request Briefing
3. Demand a difference.
Contact your legislators and let them know the importance of this issue.
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» Contact state legislators
» Take it national
» Support grants for adult literacy
State Advocacy Issues
Advocate for Industry Partnership funding. Contact your legislators and let them know the importance of industry partnerships and the necessity of providing adequate funding to support them.
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» Send a letter to your local legislator
» Contact targeted state legislators
National Advocacy Issues
Support a stronger workforce system. Contact your legislators to show your support of the local workforce system by requesting full funding of the federal Workforce Investment Act
» Send a letter to federal legislators
» Contact targeted legislators
» Read Testimony on the Act for background information