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2020 Listening Campaign,
Key Stakeholders,
and an Invitation to Coffee 1:1

2020 Listening Campaign

Twenty-one years ago, the Task Force was birthed out of the Mayor's office as an information-sharing space. At our last gathering on Dec. 10, Melissa and Beth shared their vision of conducting a listening campaign over the next few months to better understand members' hopes and your enduring motivations for engaging in your unique vocations, with the purpose of asking if this task force is serving the purposes that it is intended to in our current landscape. Can it be more effective? What outcomes do the members want to see flourish?

You can read more about the listening campaign here.

Through March, 2020, Melissa and Beth will be inviting stories through 1:1 (one-on-one) conversations over coffee. We hope and trust that learning from you all will offer a community narrative that will help determine the direction of the task force in October, 2020, in preparation for when new leadership is voted in. 
 

Key Stakeholders

Toward that end, here are a list of stakeholders we invite you to add to; we'd love your advice as to whom would be interested in joining us for a 1:1. We invite your help to connect us.
 

Coffee 1:1

If you're interested in a 1:1 with Melissa or Beth, please email us!

Email Melissa.  Email Beth.

Adult Educator of the Year Nominations


The Nashville Public Library is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2020 Adult Educator of the Year award. This award recognizes educators (paid or volunteer) who have made a significant contribution to the field of Adult Education in Middle Tennessee.

Through exceptional dedication and skill, our region's adult educators foster the English language, basic literacy, and life skills adult learners need to achieve their goals. Nashville Public Library will honor these extraordinary professionals by awarding a mini-grant to the winner's nominating agency. Other recognition include special prizes for the winner and runner-up and a public ceremony for all top nominees.

Please submit your agency's proposal using this online nomination form by 5 pm Friday, December 20th. Successful applications will include both concrete data and specific examples to illustrate your nominee's impact on the community. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 13th, 2020. Together, let's celebrate the collaboration and innovation that make Nashville's Adult Education community shine!

Adult Literacy | Nashville Public LibraryNPL Adult Literacy supports organizations serving adult learners by offering information, access to education technologies and tools, and professional development.

Meeting Times in 2020


You're invited to give feedback on meeting times for the Task Force; the Google Form still open.

"Five Fintech Solutions for Refugees
to Look Out For"

An article by Michal Gromek, contributor to Forbes 

Read about Leaf Global Fintech, "a Nashville-based startup that converts funds from mobile-money (provided by popular services like M-Pesa) to saving accounts during the journey of the newcomers to their new countries."

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