Participate
Throughout the year, The Literacy Council holds events that raise money for literacy while generating awareness of literacy issues throughout the community. Join us this year for one or more of the following special events:
Signature Series
The Signature Series annually brings three prominent authors to some of Birmingham’s most beautiful homes for private cocktail receptions. Patrons spend the evening with one of America’s most fascinating authors and receive a signed first edition of the author’s latest work. The name of the featured author and the date of the event are confirmed approximately two months before each party.
Past authors include: Cokie Roberts, Kathryn Stockett, Kim Sunée, Richard North Patterson, Rick Bragg, Delta Burke, Shelley Stewart, Dixie Carter, Mark Childress, Charlton Heston, Howell Raines, and Tracy Chevalier.
New York Times best-seller & Birmingham native Sena Jeter Naslund featured author at The Literacy Council’s 2010 Signature Series event on Tuesday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. The venue will be a private residence.
Birmingham native and New York Times best-selling author Sena Jeter Naslund will be coming home in September. The Birmingham Southern College graduate’s new book, Adam & Eve, will be released at The Literacy Council’s Signature Series fundraising event on September 28, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Patrons will spend the evening with one of America’s most fascinating author and receive a signed first edition of Naslund’s latest work. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette.
Naslund grew up in Birmingham attending schools at Norwood Elementary and Phillips High School. She graduated from Birmingham Southern College where she received the B.B. Comer Medal in English. She earned a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Tickets are $300 per couple or $150 per individual. You can purchase on-line or call (205) 326-1925 or 1-888-448-7323. Guests will receive a signed, hardbound copy of Adam & Eve. Signature Series tickets are limited in order to preserve the intimacy of each reception. Proceeds benefit The Literacy Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting organizations that provide literacy services in central Alabama.
The Literacy Summit
The Literacy Summit recognizes and honors literacy providers, volunteers, and tutors who have made significant contributions to improving literacy.
The Summit also gets our business community involved, with some of the largest companies in the 5-county area attending to support The Literacy Council and see the direction in which we are headed.
The Literacy Summit is an annual event, open to all members of the community who have a stake in battling illiteracy in Central Alabama.
Download the 2009 Summit program.
The Historic Footnotes Loft Tour
The 11th Annual Literacy Council Loft Tour in June was a huge success
Nearly 500 people strolled the city’s most cutting edge properties and visited the new shops and restaurants located in downtown Birmingham.
The Loft Tour, one of The Literacy Council's popular event, is a self-guided walking tour. Participants register and check-in at the corner of Morris Avenue and 23rd Street North or at Urban Standard located at 2320 2nd Ave North to receive a tour map.
Make plans to attend the tour in 2011. Remember, you receive a discount if you buy your Tour admission in advance ($20 in advance or $25 the day of the tour). Proceeds from the Loft Tour benefit area literacy programs. Join us and experience real urban living in the heart of the city. For more information, 205-326-1925/1-888-448-7323.