October 15, 2008 ·Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff led the pack of community organizers ushering in a new leader in literacy. Literacy San Antonio, a project created by the Junior League of San Antonio, is working to make literacy the number one issue for the community. Judge Wolff explains how public safety is just one way the city's low literacy rate affects the county.
"We see all of the terrible affects, we see kids in our juvenile detention centers, we see them in our correctional facility, we see them in our jail. So we are trying to pick up folks who have already fallen."
Resident of the Junior League of San Anotnio, Laura Tally says the project is something that will need to include everyone if it's going to succeed.
"This is a collaboration of many, many agencies and we can't do it alone. We really need that one hundred percent connection to everyone in our community."
Already members of the Metropolitan Health District, Bexar County, the Independent School Districts and others have signed onto the effort.
Margaret Dougherty is a consultant with Literacy Powerline. She considers the project something that can improve not only San Antonio and Bexar County, but the entire state of Texas.
"I'm so excited about Literacy San Antonio. This program that the Junior League has put together is really a model no other group in Texas is doing this. I think it's something that will be replicable across the state." |
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