Literacy Conference - All Ages! - This Weekend!

As part of the All Corps Service Day on Saturday, May 16th, AmeriCorps is organizing a Literacy Conference for all ages!

The conference consists of two 40-minute workshops for children in pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and their parents. Scheduled activities and times are as follows:

Registration (free to all participants!)
10:00am - 10:20pm

First workshop
10:30am - 11:00am

Second workshop
11:20am - 12:00pm

Lunch
Noon - 1:00pm

Games
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location
Turner at Green Elementary
1500 Mississippi Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20032
(walking distance from Congress Heights metro station)


Workshop Options:
Pre-K/K, 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th
Storytelling, American Sign Language, Haiku, Rhyming Words, Fitness & Nutrition, Theater,
Music

5th/6th
Comedy, Spoken Word

Parents
Resume Writing, Finance

All are invited to attend!



Frequently Asked Questions:

How many children can I bring?
As many as you can. Keep in mind that each workshop is capped at 15 participants, accommodating a maximum of 135 children and 30 parents.

How can I register for the workshops?
Registration will take place from 10:00am - 10:20am at the site and on the day of the conference. If you are planning to bring a group of 5 or more, please call Janelle Forde (202) 549-6692 with the names of each participant, his/her grade, and workshop choices, before Saturday, May 16th.

I am not a parent, but I work with children in a school or organization -- can I chaperon a group?
Yes! Please follow your school's or organization's field trip guidelines.

I am a parent; do I have to participate in the parent workshops.
No. Adults may volunteer alongside national service members in one of the other service projects, such as gardening, picking up litter, and painting murals.

Oops! I almost forgot -- is all of this free?

Yes! The entire day is free of cost for community members (of Earth) to enjoy.

When is it again?
THIS Saturday, May 16th.


photos courtesy of AmeriCorps.

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WHAT IS THE DC CHILD CARE COLLECTIVE?
The DC Child Care Collective is a small all-volunteer group that
provides free childcare to progressive groups working for social
justice. We provide childcare as an act of solidarity and prioritize
providing this service to groups that are primarily led by low-income
women of color. It is our mission to make childcare that is safe, fun
and empowering available to parents working to further social and
political change.


WHO ARE YOUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS?
Currently, we provide childcare to Empower DC, Women Empowered Against
Violence, UNITE HERE union, Right to the City Alliance, Latino Economic
Development Corporation, and the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic
Violence Research Project.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
We would like to make free childcare available to more groups and organizations; to do so we need to build a larger volunteer base. We ask volunteers to make a commitment to provide childcare at least 6 times over the course of 6 months and attend additional trainings that we provide.

If you want to support parents in DC working toward social change and if
you like spending time with kids (even if you don't have much
experience) we would love to have you volunteer with us. If you are
interested, please fill out the volunteer application available at our website www.dcchildcarecollective.org and send it to
dckids@gmail.com.