Hello,

We are half way through our 3rd term of online teaching and it is encouraging to see students, staff and volunteers all getting more confident in tech. skills as time goes on. We all miss being in-person and having those real connections. I know the instructional staff join me in thanking you for persevering through the ups and downs of the virtual world to help our students continue to learn.

Here are some Literacy Source events that I would like to share with you:

1. Tough Topics: A Roundtable Discussion

We had our second discussion last week and were joined by a number of staff and volunteers. Cat took us through some strategies for opening-up and facilitating discussions, using ground rules, I-statements and photos. If you missed the discussion here is a link to the slides: Tough Topics Slides

We look forward to continuing this discussion in winter term, 2021. 

2. Literacy Mixer - A Volunteer Social

Join us: Wednesday, November 18th, 6:30 - 7:30pm 

How it works - choose a favorite book and join the meeting for a show and tell with other volunteers. As we will be virtual this year please feel free to bring your own drink and a snack.

This is a great way to meet other Literacy Source volunteers and share your love of reading! As a teaser for the evening please check out one of our tutors, Yvonne Gibb's book recommendation:

I highly recommend “The Newcomers” by Helen Thorpe. (Published November 2017)

 

For a year, she follows 22 high school students in Denver, CO, in their journey of learning English, while getting to know the personalities and backgrounds of some of the students and their families. While non-fiction, it reads as a narrative. I found it heart-warming and insightful, learning of these students’ experiences. It gave me much to think about, about those whom we might interact with in Literacy Source classes/tutoring and how their experiences may relate. Obviously our students come from diverse backgrounds; this was a nice reminder of how diverse and in some cases, harrowing, their journey to Seattle may have been and continues to be.

Hope to see you!

Join Zoom meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/96075248296?pwd=UTN2NHNVYmhiLzhPV0FBNnhwSVY3QT09
 

3. Meet our new Co-EDs

We warmly invite you to meet our new leadership team, learn how the organization is doing, and communicate directly with the new Co-Executive Directors in a live Q&A session. This informational event is free and open to everyone. 

Virtual Tea with the Co-EDs: Cat and Shira on Literacy Source Today
Thursday, December 10, 2020
7:30 - 8:30 pm

Bring a cup of tea or the drink of your choice. Zoom link will be emailed to the RSVP list on December 8


Warmly,

Caroline