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Laubach Literacy’s Women in Literacy/USA (WIL/USA) initiative awarded Berkeley-based Women Take Care, Take Action a $6,000 grant to implement a leadership, literacy and policy development project called “Picturing Change.” 

The project will allow 10 to 15 home care workers to photographically document their work experiences. Their photos will be used to create an exhibit that will tour in local state administration buildings and in community sites chosen by the workers. 

WIL/USA is part of a global women’s literacy campaign sponsored by Laubach Literacy, the world’s oldest and largest literacy organization. 

Each year WIL/USA awards grants to community-based organizations in the United States that offer programming designed to meet the needs of low-income women with limited literacy or English skills. This year it awarded nine organizations with $54,000 in grants. 

Laubach Literacy is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1955 by literacy pioneer Frank C. Laubach. The organization has 1100 member programs throughout the United States and 69 partner programs in 36 developing countries around the world.