ProLiteracy at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England
ProLiteracy’s President and CEO David Harvey recently attended and spoke at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England. This event was a global initiative that brought together leading experts from organizations around the world to build greater awareness of the international literacy crisis and create a platform for delegates to collaborate, share ideas, learn from one another, and be united in a call to action and a plan for change. David Harvey spoke about ProLiteracy’s Literacy for Social Change methodology as model for integrating literacy into community development and lead a panel on global policy for adult education. The summit addressed the most pressing subjects and themes that affect one of most important issues facing our world today. One of the outcomes from the event was that delegates all signed the Oxford Declaration , a document re-affirming the commitment to achieving literacy through quality education as a means of breaking the cycle of poverty and building the e...