Adult Education & Family Literacy Week 2025

Observed from September 14 to September 20.

Good Morning,

Welcome to this years National Adult Education and Family Literacy week!

This week is dedicated to raising public awareness about the need for and value of adult education and family literacy. The goal is to increase financial & societal support for access to education programs for U.S. adults. Encouraging those with low literacy, numeracy, and digital skills to communicate with their local program. Many advocates across the country use this week as an opportunity to elevate adult education and family literacy nationwide with policymakers, the media, and their local community.

Ways to Participate During AEFL Week

This AEFL Week, we encourage you to take the opportunity to become a more informed, more creative, and more persistent advocate.

(provided by: https://nationalcoalitionforliteracy.org/advocacy/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/ )

• Commit to becoming an advocate. Find a four-step process for developing your advocacy skills here.

• Use the #AEFLWeek hashtag in your social media, on your website, and in your print communications.

• Check out adult learners’ stories and share them with your learners. Invite your learners to create and share stories of their own successes using digital storytelling.

• Visit your local library: Waterville Library and become a library card holder!

• Contact your local representative (find them by going here) or local senator (find them by going here) to discuss the importance of funding Adult Education!