English Language Learners: Breakthroughs and Barricades (video)

by Faith E. Briggs

English Language Learners: Breakthroughs and Barricades from Faith E. Briggs on Vimeo.

 

Between Little Italy, Chinatown, and Spanish Harlem, New York City is home to a lot of languages, but for older people who don’t speak English, daily tasks can be difficult to accomplish.

 


Related Links:

The Maura Clarke-Ita Ford Center
71 Lewis Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
(718) 452-5173
http://www.mauraclarke-itafordcenter.org/

Edith and Carl Marks Community House of Bensonhurst
7802 Bay Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11214
(718) 331-6800
http://www.jchb.org/

Make the Road New York
301 Grove Street
Brooklyn, New York 11237
t: (718) 418-7690
http://www.maketheroad.org/

The New York Coalition for Adult Literacy
http://www.nyccaliteracy.org/

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