[AAACE-NLA] Nationally known speaker

[Lou C. Johnson]

Linda,

Wally "Famous" Amos is a dynamic speaker, who is related to both adult & family literacy work today, is nationally known AND learned to read as an adult not while a child!!

His email address is: wamos at hawaii.rr.com  

If you should contact him, tell him Lou Johnson suggested that you do so. He has done a number to presentations for the YMCA, LVA, The National Center for Family Literacy, Laubach & ProLiteracy.

United by our endeavors!

Lou C. Johnson

"Linda V. McCrossan" <lmccrossan at alclv.org> wrote:

>The Adult Literacy Center is beginning the planning of a 30th anniversary event in Fall, 2007.  We plan this as a major advocacy, public relations and fundraising event.  Can anyone suggest a known speaker (a dynamic speaker and someone who would bring in a crowd) who is related to literacy, ESL, immigration or education?  On our list so far includes:
>
>Bill Crosby, Peter Jennings, Barbara Bush, Colin Powell, and Oprah Winfrey
>
>You can reply to me at my email below.
>
>Linda V. McCrossan, Ed.D.
>Executive Director
>Adult Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley
>801 Hamilton Street, Suite 201
>Allentown, Pa. 18101
>lmccrossan at alclv.org
>Phone:  610-435-0680
>Fax:  610-435-5134
>  -----
>


-- 
Lou C. Johnson, Executive Director
YMCA Educational Services (YES!)
2525 Canal Street
New Orleans LA 70119
504-566-READ(7323)
504-568-1938(FAX)
National Faculty-YMCA of the USA
President, South Central Literacy Action
Chairman, Literacy South Board of Directors
Member, Louisiana Coalition for Literacy Board of Directors
Member, ProLiteracy Worldwide Board of Directors
Literacy And Justice For All!

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prosperity for our community...Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and our own."
--- César E. Chávez


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