Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A. is pleased to announce that Keith Whitaker is serving as the President of the Board of Directors for the Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy during 2016.

The Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy was formed in 1989 and serves as the umbrella agency for all literacy concerns in the Gainesville/Hall County community.The Alliance serves as the advisory board for the Adult Learning Center, whose fiscal agent is Lanier Technical College. ​​The Center provides free educational programs for adults 16 years and older who have not graduated from high school or whose native language is not English. Classes at the Adult Learning Center include: (1) Literacy Instruction; (2) Basic Skills; (3) GED Preparation; (4) GED Testing; and (5) English as a Second Language/Civics. Since 1995, the Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy has helped almost 49,000 people, and 4,462 GEDs have been attained through the Alliance’s programs.

For more information on the Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy, please visit its website at: http://www.allianceforliteracy.org/.