Coordinated by the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), which mobilizes college students and campus-based programs to address nationwide literacy needs through partnerships between campuses and communities, supports campus-based literacy programs locally and nationally and develops leaders who are agents of social change. NLAW is a nationwide organizing initiative that raises awareness about literacy and literacy activism. By educating our communities, promoting literacy organizations’ activities and illuminating the connections between literacy and other social justice issues, NLAW draws national attention to important literacy issues.

There are a series of NLAW events throughout North Carolina and across the country designed to engage communities in advocacy and social justice. To find an event in your area, please see http://www.readwriteact.org/nlaw2012participants.

To participate in National Literacy Action Week and to support SCALE, please see www.readwriteact.org/nlaw or email scale@unc.edu.