It was just a year ago on Monday, August 8, that Dionne Kirby returned to Literacy Achieves to succeed retiring Executive Director Sarah Papert. Dionne’s relationship with the organization was not a new one. From July 2017 to May 2021, she had been on the staff, rising from Program Manager of Adult English Language Learning to Associate Director of Development and eventually … [Read more...] about Search Is Underway To Hire Replacement For Literacy Achieves Executive Director Dionne Kirby
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JUST IN: Literacy Achieves CEO Sarah Papert Announces Her Retirement After 20+ Years
Literacy Achieves dates its roots back to 1997 when it was known as Vickery Meadow Learning Center. The purpose was to help the growing number of refugees and immigrants arriving in the area to learn English. It was five years later that a 20-something volunteered to teach students. Her name was Sarah Polley. Over the years she served as the Adult Program Director from … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Literacy Achieves CEO Sarah Papert Announces Her Retirement After 20+ Years
Marnie And Kern Wildenthal Establish $100,000 Endowment Fund For VMLC
In each of the last four or five years, current and previous board members of the VMLC (Vickery Meadow Learning Center) have gotten together to catch up and trade ideas about the nonprofit’s work teaching English literacy skills to non-English-speaking adults and young children in diverse, low-income neighborhoods. And, this year was no exception. On Friday, February 12, … [Read more...] about Marnie And Kern Wildenthal Establish $100,000 Endowment Fund For VMLC
Vickery Meadow Learning Center’s “Wings Of Spring” Celebrated Marnie Wildenthal With Friends, Food And Time For Three
More often than not, Marnie Wildenthal is seen at various events around town playing a supporting role for her husband, Dr. Kern Wildenthal, president emeritus at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. But last Thursday Marnie stepped into the spotlight herself, accepting the Literacy Legacy Award at the Vickery Meadow Learning Center’s annual “Wings of Spring: A … [Read more...] about Vickery Meadow Learning Center’s “Wings Of Spring” Celebrated Marnie Wildenthal With Friends, Food And Time For Three