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Welcome to ALA

Everyone wins with literacy.

​​Adult Literacy Advocates has served the literacy needs of the Greater Baton Rouge area for 55 years, and continues to offer small group instruction for adult learners.  Our mission is to help adults in the Greater Baton Rouge area achieve personal, employment, and family goals by improving their literacy skills.

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​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.

"Now, I’m preparing myself to take the HiSET test.  I’ve always felt that I couldn’t do it, but now, enrolling at ALA has helped me so much.  I’m thankful to ALA for the help it’s given me. There are still people out there who can’t read or do what I’m able to do now.  ALA helps them just like it did me – to look at themselves better than they did in the past and feel hopeful about what the future holds."
                                                                                              ALA HiSET Preparation Student
"The pandemic was tough on me like it was on everyone. It was my fourth month living here when it broke out. It was hard for me to make even one English sentence, and not easy to teach myself English at home. I was losing my confidence and felt isolated. But since I joined the in-person class at ALA, I was able to interact with people and learn English in a much better way. My teacher taught me the basics, step by step, encouraged me to try more, challenged me with assignments, and gave me materials so that I could practice by myself. I still have a long way to go, but it feels like people understand what I'm saying better than before, so I am not afraid of speaking in English. I feel more confident now. ALA means a lot to me."                                                                                                                                              ALA ESL Student

Coming Events

17th Annual Author Event

Book Talk, Reception and Book Signing
Sunday, April 23, 2023, 2:00 p.m. featuring
Ana Reyes
author of The House in the Pines
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Information, Tickets, Sponsorships
Hosted by Barnes & Noble LSU
​2 Union Square, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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2022-23 Advocates for Literacy

​​Advocates for Literacy are those benefactors whose significant annual donations help ALA to fulfill our mission.
We are grateful for their support and encourage you to support them in return.
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7732 Goodwood Boulevard, Suite 111
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 225-383-1090
Email: info@adultliteracyadvocates.org
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