At the One Book One New Orleans "Evening with the Author" Event, LACNOLA members helped out in a variety of ways from setting up to greating community members to helping with the question and answer session. Pictured on the left are members Libby Favrot, Bradley Narcisse, and Nic McMahon as they greet people attending the event and do some community outreach providing information about literacy programs in the Greater New Orleans area and giving out copies of the Teacher and Tutor Guide, which was designed to assist adult education teachers make the novel more accessible to their students.

Author of the OBONO selection, City of Refuge, Tom Piazza takes time before his reading of the novel to speak with St. Vincent de Paul Adult Learning Center student Jennie Gordon. Jennie not only read the novel and participated in a variety of activities surrounding it led by LAC member Adrian McGrath, who helped write and design the Teacher and Tutor guide, she also wrote an essay about the novel that Tom Piazza read! (You can find a copy of her essay and other information about how City of Refuge was used at SVDP on their school blog.)

Author Tom Piazza speaks with Natasha Lawerence after the event while signing her book. Natasha is a student at Delgado Community College Adult Education and was chosen from a variety of students to introduce Mr. Piazza at the event. (She did a terrific job!)

After Tom Piazza introduced and read from his book (students in the audience had him keep track of the pages he read from so they could read along!), after he answered questions, after he signed numerous book (including LAC member's personal copies of City of Refuge), he was gracious enough to pose for a picture with the Literacy AmeriCorps members. Pictured from Left to right: Sarah G. Fischer (LAC Program Coordinator), Michel Dieciedue, Molly Losey, Lauren Pigeon, Tom Piazza, Bradley Narcisse, Miriam McGinn, Nic McMahon, and Rachel Nicolosi (LAC Program Director and Executive Director of the Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans).