Manatee Literacy Council
@manateeliteracy.bsky.social
MLC provides free literacy classes and tutoring to adult Manatee County residents. Our mission is to empower Manatee County through Literacy. For more information on how you can make a difference, please check out our website www.manatee-literacy.org.
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Welcome! The world is changing - and we are trying our best to keep up! Welcome to our BlueSky account. Please follow us to keep up with how we are making a difference in our community through literacy and news on the adult education front. Together - we can make a difference!
It's with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Heyward "Hank" Hawkins, tutor; volunteer; Air Force veteran; wordsmith, social justice advocate, copywriter, editor, and dear friend to many. You will be missed, Hank.
February 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Heyward "Hank" Hawkins, tutor; volunteer; Air Force veteran; wordsmith, social justice advocate, copywriter, editor, and dear friend to many. You will be missed, Hank.
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Right, Linda McMahon?
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Right, Linda McMahon?
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After Florida Banned Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Poem, She Sent This Warning to Parents
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
www.theroot.com/after-fla-di...
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
www.theroot.com/after-fla-di...
After Florida Banned Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Poem, She Sent This Warning to Parents
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
www.theroot.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
After Florida Banned Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Poem, She Sent This Warning to Parents
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
www.theroot.com/after-fla-di...
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
www.theroot.com/after-fla-di...
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Send an email to your legislators to put an end to book bans: action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess
February 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Send an email to your legislators to put an end to book bans: action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess
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Need some good news today? Authors Against Book Bans fought one conservative school district in FL and won!
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How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.
If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book pe…
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February 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Need some good news today? Authors Against Book Bans fought one conservative school district in FL and won!
lithub.com/authors-agai...
lithub.com/authors-agai...
Welcome! The world is changing - and we are trying our best to keep up! Welcome to our BlueSky account. Please follow us to keep up with how we are making a difference in our community through literacy and news on the adult education front. Together - we can make a difference!
a woman with her fist in the air and the words we can do it together
ALT: a woman with her fist in the air and the words we can do it together
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February 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Welcome! The world is changing - and we are trying our best to keep up! Welcome to our BlueSky account. Please follow us to keep up with how we are making a difference in our community through literacy and news on the adult education front. Together - we can make a difference!
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Texas, considered one of the best states for business, ranks 48th in adult literacy.
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Texas, considered one of the best states for business, ranks 48th in adult literacy.