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    ProLiteracy: U.S. Adult Literacy Facts

    Proliteracy is an adult literacy and basic education membership organization that has a dedicated mission to help adults all over world become empowered, educated, and connected to others through literacy.  The organization seeks to change lives and help adults break the cycle of poverty through education.  This organization seeks to connect adults to each other by encouraging adults who are literate to advocate on behalf of other adults and volunteer to help other adults learn how to read.  The literacy skills of adults in our country greatly impacts the quality of life of our children because 72% of the children of adults who struggle with literacy will have the same…

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    Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey

    Lee and Low Books, a publishing company dedicated to publishing the stories of diverse people, conducted a baseline survey in 2015 to examine diversity in publishing.  Lee & Low Books is a publishing company that seeks to publish the stories of all people.  The purpose of their diversity survey was to gather information on the following categories: gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability.  In 2018, Lee & Low posted an update on their diversity in children’s books survey, informing that there was an increase in diverse authors publishing. Companies like Lee & Low Books are important to the fight for representation in children’s literature.  Their diversity baseline survey not only…