FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sept. 19, 2003
CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119

ADULT LEARNERS, TUTORS TO DISCUSS READING AT LITERACY SPEAK-OUT AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY WEDNESDAY

Adult learners and volunteer tutors will discuss their struggles and triumphs as they've tackled and overcome reading problems during an Adult Literacy Speak-Out at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, sponsored by the Drake Adult Literacy Center.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Parents Hall North in Olmsted Center, 29th Street and University Avenue.

Started in 1976, the Drake Adult Literacy Center currently serves 40 adults and has a waiting list of 20 adults seeking to improve their literacy skills.

" We have three goals for the Speak-Out," said Anne Murr, coordinator of the center. "We hope to raise community awareness of the causes and challenges of reading problems, to inform community members who need literacy help that assistance is available, and to generate community support for the Adult Literacy Center."

Tutors are needed for the Drake Adult Literacy Center. Tutors receive training and then meet one-on-one with a client twice a week at the center in Drake's School of Education, 3206 University Ave. For more information, call (515) 271-3982 or send an e-mail message to anne.murr@drake.edu.