Masks or face coverings are required for all students, staff and visitors in our ALA office.  Thank you!
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We encourage all students, staff, and supporters to get vaccinated for Covid 19. 
Consult your personal physician if you have any underlying health issues or concerns about the vaccine. 
The best source of local information for Covid 19 vaccination is the ​Louisiana Department of Health website. 
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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.

ALA Statement on Social Justice

​Adult Literacy Advocates of Greater Baton Rouge is an organization founded on inclusivity, building strength through knowledge for all who walk through our doors.  We will not waver from this mission of inclusion and education.   For too many of our students, unjust barriers have resulted in deferred dreams. 
 
For over 50 years, Adult Literacy Advocates has served the Greater Baton Rouge area, providing literacy classes and tutoring to adults of all skill levels, encouraging people of all races, colors, nationalities, religions, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds to attend. 

Incorporated by a group of local church leaders, ALA began in 1966 as an outreach program in the aftermath of the racial desegregation of area schools, with a founding board which was one of the first racially integrated boards in Baton Rouge.

We believe it is important that our students and stakeholders know that we stand ready to combat any system built on inequality, separation, and oppression.  Such a system cannot sustain itself and serves to divide our communities instead of uniting them.

Silence is not an option.  ALA is placing a call for action. The social and economic injustices endured by people of color must end – now.  ALA stands in solidarity with those seeking social justice and change. We join our African American community in demanding real change in the hearts and minds of our nation and its leaders so that there may truly be justice and equal opportunity for all.
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
​             Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
*unanimously adopted by the ALA Board of Directors, July 28, 2020
For links to information on Social Justice
​click the button below to go to our Student Resources page.
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Coming Events!

Celebrate the 4th of July
all month long!
 at Jed’s Local Louisiana Po’boys
(672 Jefferson Highway,
Baton Rouge, LA)
and support Adult Literacy Advocates
at the same time!

For every Po’boy of the Month 
sold in July,
Jed’s will donate $1 to Adult Literacy Advocates!

Saturday, ​Sept 25th​
Government St/Jefferson Hwy 
1​1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Are you ready to enjoy Adult beverages, celebrate fall and support a local charity?   Then gather up three of your closest friends and register to participate in the ALA Pub Crawl.   What a fantastic way to sample Signature Drinks at some of the best Mid City “pubs” along the Government Street/Jefferson Highway corridor!
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