In Memoriam.  Calvin Myles and David Greene at the Museum of the Literacy Campaign, Havana, Cuba            (May 2020)

Acrylic on Canvas

24” x 30”

As leaders of the Grassroots Literacy Coalition in New York City, David and Calvin Myles were invited to tour literacy programs in Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico in 2008.

Calvin was a leader of Adult Voices United and the National Literacy Coalition.  He advocated nationally for adult students to be included in the leadership of campaigns for adult literacy and spoke about the importance of listening to the experiences of adult students in planning literacy programs.  He spoke to audiences in cities across America as well as at the United Nations.  

Calvin learned to read and write as an adult at the age of 39 in New York City, years before he met David.  He and David worked and traveled together to advocate for literacy education for nearly 20 years. Calvin’s death in 2009 was great loss to the literacy community and a great personal loss for David.