In the 20 years since the implementation of the Work Investment Act (WIA), federal funding for adult literacy education has remained largely stagnant, and actually decreased in inflation-adjusted dollars from FY2001-FY2019, despite the fact that the field serves fewer than 5% of those in need. Yet over these two decades, the field has moved away from identifying itself as part of the broader struggle for human rights and social justice. The author contends that for those working with and in marginalized, exploited, and under-resourced communities, programs must be fully and explicitly aligned with the grassroots movements for racial, social, and economic justice that are working to dismantle systemic inequities. [For Part 1, "A Lifelong and Life-Wide Framework for Adult Literacy Education," see EJ1249006. For "Examining the Role of Federal Adult Education Funding in Adult Literacy Education. Forum: Broadening the Lens on Adult Literacy Education Outcomes. Literacy Education Outcomes [Part 2 of 3," see EJ1249056.]