Program: Visit to Literacy Chicago. Learn about the literacy deficit in Chicago! This remarkable organization provides free classes and tutoring by staff and volunteers in language (ESL), reading, GED, and citizen-exam prep, empowering its adult students to achieve self-sufficiency. We’ll tour the Literacenter, a unique shared workspace incubator dedicated to literacy, developed by the founder of Open Books.

Presenters: Richard Dominguez, Executive Director - Literacy Chicago; and Stacy Ratner, Founder - Chicago Literacy Alliance