Literacy Task Force Meeting

Task Force Members

• Dr. Edith Bazile, Black Advocates for Educational Excellence
• Yorsalem Brhane, BINCA
• Manuel Coronado, Immigrants Lead Boston alum
• Lori D’Alleva, Charlestown Adult Education
• Xiomara Gomez, Gardner Pilot Academy Adult ESOL program
• Lee Haller, English for New Bostonians
• Stephen Hunter, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
• Nicole Simeon, Bunker Hill Community College, First Literacy Scholar
• City Councilor Julia Mejia, ex officio
• Gayana Daniel, Office of Language and Communications Access, ex officio
• Papa Diop, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, ex officio
• David Leonard, Boston Public Libraries, ex officio
• Lesley Ryan Miller, Boston Public Schools, ex officio
• Monique Tú Nguyen, Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, ex officio
• Trinh Nguyen, Worker Empowerment Cabinet, ex officio
• Facilitator, Dr. Elizabeth Santiago, The Untold Narratives
• City of Boston Staff for Task Force
• Mariangely Solis Cervera, Chief of Equity and Inclusion
• Ân H. Lê, Director of Policy and Research, Equity and Inclusion Cabinet
• Meghan Crowley, Intern, Equity and Inclusion Cabinet

Prework

• None

Meeting Goals:

By the end of this meeting we will:

• 1. Continue to build community with each other as literacy task force members.
• 2. Building on our previous discussion, review the updated definition of literacy and data collection methods documents
• 3. Discuss next steps related to budget and timeline

Agenda

• 10:00-10:05: Settle in, welcome, quick review of agenda
• 10:05-10:15: Updates on where we are as we near the end of the year
• 10:15-10:30: Review updated definition of literacy
• 10:30-10:45: Review update data collection methods
• 10:45-11:00: Determine next steps schedule next meeting, Final questions, comments, and wrap-up