Program Profile of the Month: San Diego Public Library READ/San Diego

Val Hardie (Literacy Program Administrator) has worked with the READ/San Diego Adult Literacy Program since 1988. She says that the past 32 years has been an amazing personal and professional journey for her. One of the strengths of READ/San Diego is its decentralized services. Learners are met in locations that are more convenient for them. The staff is passionate and committed …

Program Profile of the Month: Chula Vista Public Library Adult Services

Chula Vista Public Library Adult Literacy Services: Lupita and Fred have been working together at the Chula Vista Library for more than 10 years!  Fred is a retired engineer and has lived in San Diego since 1966.  He says that, “I’ve been doing this for umpteen years.”  Lupita likes that she can ask questions again and again and that Fred …

Eat. Drink. Read., a Celebration of Food, Drink, & Reading

The San Diego Council on Literacy presented its 10th, and its last, Eat. Drink. Read. event. For one decade, the SDCOL presented best chefs, restaurants, breweries, and wineries. All donated thousands of tastings of gourmet food, craft beer, and wine. Here we are on May 2, 2019, with 250 foodies, restaurant workers, and more!       Go here for …

San Diego Council on Literacy News!

The more things stay the same, the more they change! At the San Diego Council on Literacy, since 1986, we have watched good fortune come to us by hard work, by design, or by good timing! While luck is far from being a science, it is by some measure, at our control. Here’s what to do: Be present. Make friends. …