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Nashville Authors Meet Up and Miss Daisy King’s Kitchen!

Today, the Nashville Author Meet Up group met at the Grassland Food Market in Miss Daisy King’s Kitchen! Tennessee Literacy Coalition Staff and Volunteers were lucky to be personally invited by local Author Tom Wood. We enjoyed networking with the local authors and learning all about their new material they are working on, while enjoying [...]

#GivingTuesday Will Be Here Soon!

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October is Health Literacy Month!

“The theme for Health Literacy Month 2014 is “Be a Health Literacy Hero.” It’s about taking action and finding ways to improve health communication. Health Literacy Heroes are individuals, teams, or organizations who not only identify health literacy problems but also act to solve them. You can help by recognizing and cheering on those you consider [...]

Interested in Obtaining Government Contracts?

Deltek is offering a free ebook for those interested in learning more about getting a government contract. If you fall into this category, visit this link for your free copy. http://tinyurl.com/TNLiteracyGovContracts According to Deltek, their company “is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors. For [...]

Have you heard our radio commercial for Made in Nashville???

I hope you’re getting as pumped for Made in Nashville as we are! We’re so excited to announce that we will be promoting the event through multiple radio stations! Here is our promotion with Cumulus Radio- Check it out on i106.7 and 95.5 WSM! Cumulus Radio Promo We’re also working with Hippie Radio [...]

Tennessee County Profiles

Have you ever thought, “Man! I wish I knew more about the education in all of the counties in Tennessee?” Well boy do we have good news for you! Here at TLC, we’ve been working on compiling a list of data for all of the counties in our great state! On this website, you can [...]

Good News for Current GED Students!

Have you or your student taken the GED test the allotted 3 times this year? If you are trying to complete the test in its current version before December 31st, you will now be able to take the test again as long as it has been 60 days since your last attempt. For more information [...]

Award for Excellence in Adult Education 2014 Application

Eligibility Any Tennessee Literacy Coalition member organization providing literacy services in Tennessee is eligible to apply, including Adult Education programs, literacy councils, volunteer literacy programs, faith-based literacy or ESL programs, or literacy program components within larger non-profit agencies. To become a member, please visit our membership page. Organizations may re-submit the activity they submitted last [...]

Mayors Honor National Service

With such fantastic volunteers accomplishing impacting change every day across the country, we are excited to see local government officials recognizing their hard work! Check out this article from the Corporation for National & Community Service: Hundreds of Mayors Honor National Service On Tuesday, the first-ever Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service united mayors across the [...]

Become a GED tutor in Nashville!

Consider tutoring to support adult literacy in Nashville! The Drug Court Support Foundation together with the Davidson County Drug Court seeks a GED volunteer to help 2-3 adult learners prepare for the GED. The Davidson County Drug Court operates separate male and female residential drug treatment facilities where individuals are provided with counseling and support [...]