Adult Literacy Advocates (ALA) is a Capital Area United Way Community Partner that has provided education programs in the Baton Rouge area since 1966. ALA provides a variety of classes to help our students achieve personal, work and family goals by improving their literacy skills. As a community group, we also seek to increase economic development and the overall quality of life in Greater Baton Rouge through helping others further their education to become more productive, qualified workers, neighbors, friends and family who can contribute to our community, state, and nation.
From Our Clients“Finding ALA was a must. I had become frantic thinking it was too late for me. I have a future now. Life is so much brighter. I’m learning – who would have thought! I’m not just sliding along, not just coming in through the back door, but really learning. ALA not only teaches us about knowledge, but self-worth also. Now I wake up knowing that I’m going somewhere and that I have a lot to give of myself.”
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ALA celebrates Black History Month throughout February by focusing weekly on the contributions of African Americans to the interwoven tapestry of our nation and our lives.
Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. "Hold fast to dreams, / For if dreams die, / Life is a broken-winged bird, / That cannot fly." 
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Advocates for Literacy 2026
Advocates for Literacy are those benefactors whose significant donations
help ALA to fulfill our mission.
We are grateful for their support and encourage you to support them in return.
help ALA to fulfill our mission.
We are grateful for their support and encourage you to support them in return.
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