Texas Association for Literacy Education (TALE) has been working to affect educational policy and legislation through effective advocacy at the local, state/provincial, and/or national levels.

We are respectfully submitting the following application for consideration of a 2022 International Literacy Association Advocacy Award. This application reflects our advocacy efforts within each of three required categories:

• Educate

• Organize

• Activate

TALE's advocacy efforts reflected in this application took place during the past membership year:

July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022