Live well. Learn with abandon.
Literacy Mid-South (LMS) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide literacy resources for learners of all ages and backgrounds.
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- Literacy Statistics
- Adult Tutor Resources
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Find A Program
- Heal the Hood
- Agape Child & Family Services
- Knowledge Quest
- Catholic Charities of West Tennessee
- Biblical Resource Center
- BJ Chain Public Library
- Blues Foundation-Memphis
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis
- Dixon Galleries and Gardens
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
- Pink Palace Family of Museums
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Caritas Village
- Center for Southern Folklore
- Children's Museum of Memphis
- Christ the King Catholic Church
- Christian Brothers University
- Chucalissa Archaeological Site (C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa)
- Collierville Burch Library
- Collierville Literacy Council
- Cordova Museum
- Creative Life - Educational/Recreational Programs
- Davies Manor Plantation (P.O. Box 56 Brunswick, TN 38014)
- DeNeuville Learning Center
- DeSoto County Literacy Council
- Emmanuel Center
- Fire Museum of Memphis
- First Book Mid-South (P.O. Box 38111-1229)
- First Regional Library
- FirstWorks
- Germantown Community Library
- Hattiloo Theatre
- Hickory Hill Redevelopment Corp
- Historic DeSoto Foundation
- HopeWorks
- Juvenile Intervention and Faith Based Follow-Up (JIFF)
- Lifeline to Success
- Crittenden County Literary Council
- M.R. Davis Public Library
- M.R. Dye Public Library
- Marshall County, MS Library System - Ruth B. French Library
- Marshall County Library System
- Potts Camp Library
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Frayser
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Bartlett
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Gaston Park
- National Ornamental Metal Museum
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Hollywood
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Levi
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-North
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Parkway Village
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Poplar White Station
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Raleigh
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Randolph
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-South
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Whitehaven
- Memphis College of Art
- Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum
- Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum
- Messick Adult Education Center
- Memphis Cotton Exchange
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-East Shelby
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Cossitt
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Cornelia Crenshaw
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Cordova
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center-Cherokee
- Memphis Leadership Foundation
- Millington Public Library
- Mud Island River Park
- Munford-Tipton Memorial Public Library
- Neighborhood Christian Center
- Oasis of Hope
- Peer Power Foundation
- Perea Preschool Church Health Center
- Refugee Empowerment Program Center
- Rhodes College
- Sam T. Wilson Library
- Shelby County Books from Birth
- Shelby County Division of Corrections
- Shelby County Schools
- Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum (P.O. BOX 3142 MEMPHIS, TN 38173)
- Soulsville - Stax Museum of American Soul Music
- South Memphis Alliance
- Special Kids and Families
- Stand for Children
- Sun Studio - Historic Recording Studio
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the MS Delta
- Tipton Co Literacy Council
- Tipton Co Museum (Veterans Memorial and Nature Center)
- Transformations Autism Treatment Center
- University of Memphis
- University of Memphis Art Museum
- W.C. Handy Museum and Gallery
- Youth Striving for Excellence (YSE)
- YWCA of Greater Memphis
- Hernando Public Library
- Girls, Inc.
- Literacy Mid-South
- Starting All Over Outreach Ministries and Resource Center
- Friends for Life, Corp.
- Norris Road Church of Christ
- Memphis Teen Challenge
- ABA Development
- Kem's House Inc.
- Lafayette County Literacy Council's Adult Basic Literacy Education
- Submit A Program
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Our vision is
100% literacy
in the Mid-South
1 in 7
adults in Shelby County cannot read this statistic.
adults in Shelby County cannot read this statistic.
78.6%
of 3rd graders in Shelby County Schools read below grade level.
of 3rd graders in Shelby County Schools read below grade level.
70%
of incarcerated individuals read below a 3rd grade reading level.
of incarcerated individuals read below a 3rd grade reading level.
Programs That Move Literacy Forward
Adult Learning Program Learn More »
The Read Memphis Project Learn More »
Read 901 Learn More »
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Papa, you saved me...
You taught me to read
—Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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We were the people who were not in the papers.
We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
We lived in the gaps between the stories.
—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
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