Very recently, the North Carolina collective impact partnership AchieveGuilford reached out to me, asking if I’d be interested in writing a guest post in their blog about the importance of literacy and the effect that reading has had on my life.
We all know that reading has the potential to teach children more about themselves and the world they live in, and allows them to envision what they, and the world, could be. For these reasons and more, literacy campaigns are an important part of community partnerships.
As I mention in my AchieveGuilford post, my role at KnowledgeWorks allows me to see the efforts that communities across the country are taking in order to better prepare young readers. From coast to coast, communities within the Strive Network are prioritizing early childhood literacy within their cradle to career pipeline. Two such communities, Greater Cincinnati (Strive Partnership) and Guilford, N.C. (AchieveGuilford), will be outlining their efforts in upcoming guest posts on the Striving for Change blog.
Check back later this week to learn about what these communities are doing to reach young readers.
If your community is part of the Strive Network, and you’d like to write a guest post on your partnership efforts, please don’t hesitate to contact me at BergJ@KnowledgeWorks.org.
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We’re so excited that Strive is helping us highlight the literacy campaign called 3 Million Books Challenge in Guilford County Schools here in NC. More importantly, however, is showing how reading is a fundamental building block of success.