UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Know Your Rights Training
We look forward to connecting with you for this Know Your Rights training designed to equip you and your community with essential information and practical tools. Join us to learn about immigrant rights, how to navigate encounters with immigration enforcement, and resources available to help protect and support your loved ones.
scaleLIT Member Holiday Party
We are looking forward to connecting with you to celebrate the end of this wonderful year and the beginning of a new one. Our scaleLIT Member Holiday Party will be held at Inspiration Kitchens on Wednesday, December 17th, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Beyond Books 2025
Join us on October 8, 2025 at The Library! Connect with scaleLIT staff, members, and partners! Enjoy food, drinks, and good company while celebrating Digital Literacy.
In-Service Learning Circle: Digging In - Digital Literacy
Join scaleLIT to learn about existing digital literacy resources and strategies for connecting with American Job Centers' digital learners. You will also learn how Northstar Digital Literacy and the drop-in training sessions have addressed our communities' digital needs.
scaleLIT Member Holiday Party
We are looking forward to connecting with you to celebrate the end of this wonderful year and the beginning of a new one. Our scaleLIT Member Holiday Party will be held at Inspiration Kitchens on Wednesday, December 18th, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Resources for a Digital Inclusion Community Webinar with COABE
Join COABE and scaleLIT’s Ed Tech Director, Michael Matos, to learn how to create a collaborative network for sharing digital skills. We’ll discuss our free Digital Literacy training, both local and virtual, and our referrals to statewide programs. Discover how we support device ownership, internet access, and essential online form training while prioritizing underserved neighborhoods and equipping individuals with vital digital skills for everyday tasks, education, and workforce development.
Join the Digital Inclusion Week Social Media Day-of-Action!
Join our social media Day-of-Action to close Digital Inclusion Week 2024! Use the hashtags #DigitalInclusionWeek, #DIW2024, #digitalequityNOW, and #DigitalEquity
In-Service Learning Circle: Disability Employment Awareness
Join scaleLIT to celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month and hear from experts on employment strategies and accessibility in the workforce and the American Job Center network.
Film or Photograph Yourself with the scaleLIT DIW Sign
Print the Digital Inclusion Week 2024 sign, take a picture, or record a 30-second video telling us why Digital Literacy Matters. No printer? No Problem! Copy the “Digital Literacy Matters To Me” statement on a whiteboard or paper.
DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK: Writing Contest
Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card! To kick off Digital Inclusion Week, scaleLIT will have one drawing for students and one for providers who enter our writing contest: tell us why DIGITAL LITERACY MATTERS to you in 25-50 words.
One-Stop Operator (OSO) In-Person Systemwide Meeting
To wrap up AEFL Week, we are bringing together our Adult Education, Workforce Development, and Community-Based partners at the American Job Center at the King Center! Join us in the Auditorium at the AJC at the King Center to learn about the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) and celebrate AEFL Week 2024 and Workforce Development Month!
Advocacy Day! Contact Your Elected Officials
Let’s advocate for Adult Education funding! Join us in contacting elected officials about the importance and value of Adult Education. The AEFL 2024 Writing Contest submission deadline is today.
Take the Pledge to Support Adult Education during our Social Media Day of Action!
Join scaleLIT and COABE in Supporting Adult Education by Signing the Educate & Elevate America Pledge Today! After you sign the pledge, show your support for Adult Education on social media!
Film or Photograph Yourself with the scaleLIT AEFL Sign
Print the AEFL Week 2024 sign and take a picture or record a 30-second video telling us why Adult Education Matters. No printer? No Problem! Just copy the statement, “Adult Education Matters To Me” on a whiteboard or paper.
AEFL WEEK: Writing Contest
Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card! To kick off Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, scaleLIT will have one drawing for students and one for providers who enter our writing contest: tell us why ADULT EDUCATION MATTERS to you in 25-50 words.
In-Service Learning Circle: New Arrivals Training - Helping New Arrivals Access Workforce Development
Join scaleLIT to learn about the recent experiences of New Arrivals in Chicago and the network of service providers working to transition this community into housing, training, and employment. Navigators will share insights from recent workshops and how you can empower migrants as they find their path to economic independence.
In-Service Learning Circle: Mental Health Awareness Month - Conflict Management
Explore the sources and nature of conflict, and complete various exercises designed to identify individual conflict management styles and increase repertoires of conflict management strategies.
Members, please register HERE.
Brought to you in partnership with Sertoma Star Services.
In-Service Learning Circle: Mental Health Awareness Month - Mindfulness
An overview of mindfulness and its positive effects will be provided along with instruction and practice of a variety of easy and accessible mindfulness-based stress-reduction techniques.
Members, please register HERE.
Brought to you in partnership with Sertoma Star Services.
In-Service Learning Circle: Mental Health Awareness Month - Stress Management
Explore the nature, symptoms, and effects of stress, along with various approaches to managing stress.
Members, please register HERE.
Brought to you in partnership with Sertoma Star Services.
In-Service Learning Circle: Money Matters
Financial advocate Yakela Hall, also known as “The Finance Lady”, explores principles and strategies for improving our communities' financial health.
Members, please register HERE.
In-Service Learning Circle: Health Literacy Matters
Partnering for a healthy, trauma-informed Illinois: Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care 101.
Join us and learn how to integrate trauma-informed and healing-centered frameworks into your policies and practices.
Featuring Health and Medicine Policy Research Group.
Members, please register HERE.
In-Service Learning Circle: The Change Agent
Encourage adult learners to send in submissions for possible publication in one of the finest social justice adult education magazines, The Change Agent!
Members, please register HERE.
In-Service Learning Circle: Details on Digital Literacy
Are you looking for a new digital assessment? Well now's your chance to learn about Northstar Digital Literacy for the very first time or as a refresher!
Members, please register HERE.
scaleLIT Holiday Soirée
We are looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you on Thursday, December 14 from 2:30-4:30pm at Inspiration Kitchens. Bring your merriment and good cheer!
We hope to see you there!
Members, please register HERE.
Human Rights Month: Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Since August 2022, Chicago has experienced an unprecedented and alarming surge of forced migration. In observance of National Human Rights Month, we will have a brief introduction from Alderperson Andre Vasquez of the 40th Ward who is chairing Chicago’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights. An overview of working with new arrivals in the current migrant crisis we are experiencing will be discussed. This work is essential to adult learners and our communities, and we need to be more informed to do the work.
Human Rights Month: Know Your Rights in the Workplace Training
HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH. Freedom, Equality, Dignity, Peace, Love, Hope, Education, Prosperity, Justice, Food, Religion, Speech. Know Your Rights! Hear from the IL Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights about what this means.
Members, please register HERE.
In-Service Learning Circle: Adult Education Transitions
Calling all non-traditional adult learners: Not sure about what path to take next? What career? What job? Join us to learn more about City College of Chicago's offerings for your learners and your community. Yolaine Jean, District Director of Adult Education Transitions, will take us on a journey of next steps.
Members, please register HERE.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Join us as we celebrate NDEAM by honoring the contributions of people with disabilities to our country and recommitting to eliminating barriers to employment. We are holding a special discussion with the Mayor's Office of People with Disabilities MOPD on Wednesday, October 25 at 11:30am. We will learn how impactful this office could be for learners with disabilities.
Please register HERE.