Total Volunteer Hours in June
928
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Volunteer Hours in 2018-19 School Year
14,616
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Students Wei He and Hung Chan performing a Chinese fan dance at our annual summer party.
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Hello everyone, and happy summer! We are into our third week of summer term at Literacy Source, and a lot of exciting things are happening. Our classes are working on a center-wide cookbook project, where students are writing recipes for a cookbook which will be professionally bound and available for sale in the fall. We are also in the process of planning activities including a booth at the Lake City Festival and Parade, and an internet workshop. To get involved in any of these activities, scroll down to the One-Time Volunteer Opportunities section of the newsletter.
Additionally, thank you to everyone who attended our annual summer party at the end of last quarter. As always, we enjoyed the potluck, performances, and speeches in celebration of our students and volunteers. Some of the student work that was displayed during the party is still up around the center - please check it out if you haven't had the chance to yet!
Our volunteer newsletter will take a break in August, but it will be back in September. We wish you all a wonderful rest of the summer, and thank you for all that you do at Literacy Source. |
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We are currently looking to hire a full-time ESOL Lead Instructor! Please help us spread the word by telling anyone you know who might be interested in joining our team. Check out the job description here. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQI community, and other underrepresented and historically marginalized groups. |
Video: What it Takes to be Racially Literate
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Video: What it Takes to be Racially Literate | Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
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For the past year, Literacy Source instructors Amanda Chin and Lauren Plitkins have been participating in an Inquiry-Based and Inclusive Pedagogy Working Group with faculty from the Seattle Colleges. The working group examines bias in curriculum and materials, and is working to develop and share tools for instructors to educate themselves and make changes to course structure and content. From this work group, they have developed a training that asks participants to reflect on questions such as:
- What messages do our textbooks and materials send to students and community members?
- What norms are we reinforcing when we don't intentionally review our materials?
- What can we do when published materials perpetuate sexist, racist, ableist, etc. stereotypes and ideologies?
One part of the training is watching the Ted Talk video
What it Takes to be Racially Literate by high school students Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo. In it, these two
young women of color talk about the heart/mind gap in confronting race and racism in classrooms.
If you'd like to attend a training focused on all of the above issues, Lauren, Amanda, and the rest of the Inclusive Pedagogy Working Group will be presenting their training in Tacoma, WA at the
Decolonizing Education Conference on October 27-29. And if you'd like to read the group's philosophy statement, click
here.
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The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network's
Rapid Response Network (RRN) is a community defense project developed to protect immigrant & refugee communities from deportation threats and to provide support during and after a community member's arrest or detention. M
embers include over 500 rapid-response verifiers around the state who are ready to respond to ICE attacks. WAISN provides an ICE reporting hotline (1-844-724-3737), a text message alert system (text "JOIN" to 253-201-2833), and resources in multiple languages. If you see or suspect ICE activity in your community, call
the 24/7 hotline to report it and/or receive help from a dispatcher in real time.
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One-Time Volunteer Opportunities |
Student Farhad Tehrani having fun during the last day of our Cooking Matters course spring quarter!
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Lake City Festival and Parade (August 3): If
you know about Literacy Source well enough to represent us to the public and can donate an hour of your time, please help us table at the Lake City Festival and Parade! To sign up for an hour-long slot between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm, please email
Maddi
with your availability and phone number.
Cookbook Project (evening of August 29): Many of you know that our classes are participating in the creation of a Literacy Source cookbook, which will culminate in an end-of-project cooking event. We are looking for some volunteers to help set up, cook, and/or clean up during the event. Additionally, if you would like to submit a recipe, please fill out this
recipe template and email it to
Maddi.
Note: As our cookbook will be curated to include a broad range of dishes, not all recipes submitted may be included.
Internet Workshop (Date TBD): We are currently in the process of planning an internet workshop for students who would like to learn internet basics such as logging into wifi and conducting a Google search. We need a few volunteers to assist us during the workshop, which we are hoping to hold at the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public Library. If you are interested, please contact
Marisa.
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For this month's highlight from the Minnesota Literacy Council's Tutor Tips, we are featuring the I-We-You Method for giving directions. If you have attended our tutor trainings, you are probably familiar with the phrase I Do, We Do, You Do. This is a great way to set students up for success both with instructions (as in this tutor tip posting), or in any activity. The method helps create a road map in which modeling and support leads to independence.
For more Tutor Tips from Minnesota Literacy Council, click here. |
Selma shortly after her naturalization ceremony.
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Congratulations to our newest U.S. citizens: Selma Mohamed, Nighisti Tekie, and Yodit Tesfu!
Thank you to all who support our citizenship program at Literacy Source.
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Celebrating a Year of Service
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We'd like to extend a special thanks to Chloe Valencia, D.W., Leslie Mosso, Marieke Rack, and Tom Kelly for reaching one year of service at Literacy Source. Thanks so much for your time and commitment!
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Staff Reads features books that Literacy Source staff are currently reading or would recommend. Read along with us and let us know what you think! |
Current Volunteer Needs and Upcoming Trainings
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One-on-One Tutors: ESOL, ABE, GED Prep, & Citizenship
Daytime, 2 x 1.5 hrs per week (6 month commitment, flexible times)
Tech Tutors
Daytime or evening, 1 hr. per week (
1 term commitment, flexible times)
Basic skills on a variety of devices - email, internet, smartphones, etc.
ESOL Class Assistant
ESOL 1: Mondays & Wednesdays (Aug. 1-29) from 10:45 am-1:45 pm
Student Assessment Proctors
2-5 hr shifts every 7-10 weeks (daytime or evening)
Sight Words and Phonics Testers
1-3 hr shifts, 2 times every 7-10 weeks (daytime or evening)
Outreach Helpers
As needed basis. Mulit-lingual a plus!
Training and ongoing support provided for all positions. For more information, please
contact our Volunteer Program Manager,
Caroline.
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Tutor Orientation
Saturday, July 27
9 am-12 pm
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New Volunteer Orientation
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Please help us spread the word!
Our upcoming New Volunteer Orientation will be on Wednesday, August 7, at Literacy Source. Sessions will take place at 1 and 7 pm.
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Important Dates and Center Closures
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Literacy Source is open:
Mon and Wed, 8:30 am-8:30 pm
Tues and Thurs, 8:30 am-7:30 pm
Fridays, appointment only
Upcoming important dates and office closures:
August 29: Last day of summer quarter
September 2-12: Office closed (no classes or tutoring)
September 16-19: Center open for tutoring (no classes)
September 23: First day of fall quarter classes
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Miss any of our past volunteer newsletters? Check out our last one here for
additional tips and resources. You can also access the newsletters at the bottom
of the
Volunteer Resources page of our website.
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Literacy Source is on the traditional lands of the Duwamish people,
and we pay our respect to elders both past and present. To support the revival of Duwamish culture and the vitality of the Duwamish Tribe, please consider
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Literacy Source recognizes the inherent dignity, equality, and value of every person and strives to create and maintain a learning community that is respectful and welcoming. To foster and maintain a safe and inclusive community of respect, openness, understanding, and civility, it is crucial that students, volunteers, and staff are aware of their rights and options when confronting a discriminatory or bias-related incident. To read more, click here.
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