Community Changing Idea Video Contest Winners

Literacy Powerline and Literacy Funders Network searched for literacy visionaries looking to build a better future. The National Center for Family Literacy and the United Way of Acadiana, Louisiana rose to the top!

Literacy Powerline and Literacy Funders Network are pleased to announce the Community Changing Ideas Video contest winners. The contest was open to video entries about innovative ways to build a more literate community. The ideas represented simple yet powerful visions of a better future. Video submissions were received from across the country and judged by the National Literacy Coalition Conference Committee.

There were two categories, Literacy Programs and Literacy Awareness.

The National Center for Family Literacy is the winner of the Literacy Programs category which features their highly valued family literacy program. Their video shows the real-life effects of family literacy and celebrates 20 years of the Toyota- National Center for Family Literacy partnership.

The United Way of Acadiana, Louisiana is the winner of the Literacy Awareness category. This video embodies how you inspire and motivate your community to join in the literacy effort.

Both of these marvelous videos were recognized and featured at the National Literacy Coalition Conference and Annual Literacy Funders Network Symposium. Awards were presented to the winners on November 2, 2011 in Houston to an enthusiastic crowd of literacy foundations, coalitions, and literacy advocates.