Volunteer Literacy Project

03/05/2026

Interested in our training course? Here's more info!
https://open.substack.com/pub/volunteerliteracyproject/p/faq-spring-tutoring-course?r=57oqy7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

03/04/2026

How we started and why we do what we do: https://open.substack.com/pub/volunteerliteracyproject/p/start-here?r=57oqy7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

03/01/2026

Our spring training session is open for enrollment!

Enrollment is open!

02/22/2026

New post on Substack!
https://volunteerliteracyproject.substack.com/p/when-adult-learners-read-toni-morrison

01/02/2026

So I created a curriculum to teach adults to read—and to use with volunteers, so it's scripted and very simple to use—and I do trainings. And the goal is to share it with anyone who wants it.

01/02/2026

I think anyone who can't read should be able to go into a library or literary organization and get connected to an effective reading program. And that is not the case now.

12/21/2025

12 Days of Students
Day six in my series of student profiles: Vivienne, who could read, sort of. Just not well enough to pass the GED. And this woman had plans!

In this series I hope to share a sense of the work ethic and dignity of the adult students who come to us for help learning to read.

Day 6 of student profiles. Vivenne could read. But not well enough to pass the GED, and this woman wanted to move up!

12/20/2025

12 Days of Students
Day five of my series of student profiles: Ray, a husband, dad, construction worker. He just couldn't read.

In this series I hope to share a sense of the work ethic, dignity and tenacity of the adult students who come to us for help learning to read. I have found these students tremendously inspiring and worthy of our attention.
If you'd like to support our mission, please consider making a donation or becoming a paid subscriber.
https://open.substack.com/pub/volunteerliteracyproject/p/12-days-of-students-ray?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

12/19/2025

12 Days of Students
Day four of my series of student profiles: Nelson, who scared me at first.

In this series I hope to share a sense of the work ethic, dignity and tenacity of the adult students who come to us for help learning to read. I have found these students tremendously inspiring and worthy of our attention.

If you'd like to support our mission, please consider making a donation or becoming a paid subscriber.

Day 4 of student profiles. I found Nelson unnerving at first, until he started to trust us. He was another student who really, truly, couldn't read—and desperately wanted to.

12/18/2025

12 Days of Students: Victoria
https://substack.com//note/c-189258147?r=57oqy7&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
The third installment in our series of student profiles.

They’re not all happy stories, sorry.

12/18/2025

12 Days of Students: Marian
The second installment in our series of student profiles.

I wrote about Marian in my Free Press article. Here's some back story about this incredible and fascinating student learning to read.