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Lakes, Richard D.; Lewis, Linda H. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
The Literacy Improvement Needs Collaboration in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was assisted by African-American ministers from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in recruiting adults from the community for a literacy program and 50 volunteers to serve as tutors and community liaisons. Some of the stigma of illiteracy was alleviated by using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Blacks, Church Programs
