Literacy Facts
Adult Literacy Builds Communities

Neighborhood literacy centers supply crucial ingredients for community economic development. Vital community-based literacy organizations contribute to the economic and social health of Boston's neighborhoods. Learners, who often are already community leaders, develop new skills and the self-confidence to contribute to their communities.

Adult literacy makes a permanent change in peoples' lives. It helps eradicate persistent poverty by unleashing families' own skills. Education is a renewable resource, once achieved it is possessed forever. Without basic educational skills, adults cannot go on to college or job training programs or get jobs with a future.

Adult basic education is a tool for individual empowerment. Such individual empowerment provides a strong resource base for community development. You can help build stronger communities by contributing to the Boston Adult Literacy Fund.