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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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.
—Benjamin Franklin
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Papa, you saved me...
You taught me to read
—Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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