ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY WEEK 2012
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, 20 percent of adults in North Carolina need to
improve their literacy skills in order to live and work productively, and to
participate fully as citizens and residents of our state; and
WHEREAS, during the 2010-2011 fiscal year, North Carolina’s
community-based organizations and community colleges helped nearly 143,000
North Carolinians improve their ability to read and write; and
WHEREAS, during 2010-2011, more than 15,000 North
Carolinians earned an adult high school diploma or GED credential; and
WHEREAS, the need for strong literacy skills extends into
both the home and the workplace; and
WHEREAS, more than 800 adult literacy learners increased
their reading, writing and math abilities while receiving workplace skills
training; and
WHEREAS, more than 2,800 citizens worked within their family
units to improve literacy skills; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literacy Association and the North
Carolina Community College System join with national partners to highlight the
economic and societal importance of literacy in North Carolina’s communities by
working to sponsor observances of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the
State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 10-16, 2012, as “ADULT
EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY WEEK” in North Carolina, and challenge my fellow
citizens to support literacy efforts and to volunteer in literacy programs
across our state.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this
thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and twelve, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirty-seventh.
