Good morning, colleagues, and happy AEFL Week to you. AEFL Week is dedicated to raising public awareness about the need for and value of adult education and family literacy. Its goal is to increase financial and societal support for access to basic education programs for U.S. adults with low literacy, numeracy, and digital skills. Advocates across the country use this opportunity to elevate adult education and family literacy nationwide with policymakers, the media, and the community. For your use during this important week, NCL has provided several resources on its website: - A https://national-coalition-literacy.org/ncl-blog/ with ideas for ways to participate this week and ways to build advocacy capacity on an ongoing basis - A set of https://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/social-media-activities-and-messaging/ to use and adapt - An https://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/aefl-week-resources/ to inform your outreach and messaging activities - Links to several https://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/effects-of-covid-19-on-adult-education/ on adult education We hope that these resources are useful and encourage you to let us know of others that you'd like to see included by emailing mailto:ncl@ncladvocacy.org. Thank you for your advocacy for adult learners, adult educators, and adult education and family literacy! Cordially, Deborah Deborah Kennedy President, National Coalition for Literacy http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/ AEFL Week originated when the National Coalition for Literacy worked with then-Congressman Jared Polis (CO) and Senators Patty Murray (WA) and Lamar Alexander (TN) to create a Congressionally-recognized designation that would draw attention to the importance of adult education and family literacy. Since then, NCL has sponsored AEFL Week in September each year on behalf of its members and the field as a whole, and has worked with Members of Congress to have the week recognized through resolutions in the Senate and the House of Representatives.