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Illinois Calendar of Events

JUNE 2009

JUNE 22-24
San Francisco, CA - National Conference on Volunteering and Service, http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/

JUNE 23-25
San Diego, CA - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems’ (CASAS) Summer Institute, http://www.casas.org/


JULY 2009

JULY 9-15
Chicago - American Library Association Annual Conference, http://www.ala.org/


AUGUST 2009

AUGUST 15
Application deadline for books for small rural public libraries offered by The Libri Foundation, http://www.librifoundation.org/


SEPTEMBER 2009

SEPTEMBER 5
Chicago - Illinois STAR training at Wright College. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

SEPTEMBER 8
International Literacy Day

SEPTEMBER 19
Arlington Heights - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.


OCTOBER 2009

OCTOBER 3
Arlington Heights - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

Chicago - Illinois STAR training at Wright College. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

OCTOBER 6-9
Peoria - Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, http://www.ila.org/events/ or call 312-644-1899.

OCTOBER 22-23
Bloomington, IL - Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center Fall Conference. For more information, contact gk-henderson@wiu.edu, call 800-572-9033 or check http://www.cait.org/ciaesc/

OCTOBER 31
Chicago - Illinois STAR training at Wright College. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.


NOVEMBER 2009

NOVEMBER 3
Cleveland, OH - American Association for Adult and Continuing Education International Conference, http://www.aaace.org/.

NOVEMBER 4-6
O'Fallon - Southern Illinois Professional Development Center Fall Conference, http://www.siue.edu/SIPDC/, 618-650-2254.

NOVEMBER 7
Arlington Heights - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

NOVEMBER 11-14
Lake Buena Vista, FL - The International Dyslexia Association Annual Conference, http://www.interdys.org/.

NOVEMBER 14
Arlington Heights - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

NOVEMBER 19
Family Reading Night, http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/frn.html, materials available by calling 217-785-6921.

NOVEMBER 21
Arlington Heights - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.

Chicago - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.


DECEMBER 2009

DECEMBER 2-5
Albuquerque, NM - National Reading Conference, http://www.nrconline.org/.

DECEMBER 4
Bloomingdale - Adult Education Fall Conference, Northern Region, http://www.thecenterweb.org/, 224-366-8500, ext. 8633.

DECEMBER 12
Chicago - Illinois STAR training at Adult Learning Resource Center. Details and registration materials will be available at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/. For information on Illinois STAR, contact Laura Bercovitz or Laurie Martin at 224-366-8500. Registration fee is $90.


Coalition Meeting Information:

  • Chicago:
    Citywide - Kathy Allison 773/261-3309
    Northside - Jane Young 773-784-2900, x109
    Southside - (3rd WED) Joanne Jones 773-493-1306
    Westside - Kathy Allison 773/261-3309
    Hispanic - (last FRI) Olivia Flores-Godinez 773-772-0836

  • Downstate:
    Literacy Council of Southern Illinois
    Brenda Boggs, 618-222-5462
    Metro East Literacy Council
    Pam Miller, 618-825-3975
    Southern Illinois Workforce Providers Groups
    Linda Cox 618-596-8109

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