The One World: Connecting Communities, Cultures, and Classrooms Program teaches students fundamentals in diversity, respect for others, and building communities. The lessons help children develop skills to promote empathy, dialogue, and respect. The program includes a Student Journey Book that provide extensions and a deeper exploration of the lessons topics. All lessons and support tools… Read More Grants for Libraries
Encouraging Our Sons to Read Monday, October 29, 2007, 6:00 p.m. Exciting, compassionate and highly motivated to improve the quality of life for children in the United States and abroad are just a few adjectives used to describe David C. Miller. As a co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer for the Urban Leadership Institute, LLC., … Read More Reading Event in Philly
Entry forms for the 2008 Letters About Literature contest, a national reading-writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target Stores, are now available on the Indiana Center for the Book’s website. The competition calls for entrants to write a personal letter to an author, living… Read More NATIONAL READING-WRITING CONTEST OFFERS BIG PRIZES FOR STUDENTS AND LIBRARIES
Forums encourage youth to discuss alternatives with experts Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) Metropolitan Police Clubhouses and Youth Activist/Author, Yasmin Shiraz of the Signals Agency present Retaliation-Violence Prevention town hall meetings to promote youth conversations about violence in Washington, DC . These public forums sponsored by BGCGW’s Violence Prevention Initiative will be… Read More Boys & Girls Clubs Present Retaliation-Violence Prevention Town Hall Meetings
Rainbow of Reading : Creating lifelong readers in Indiana, the annual conference of the Indiana State Reading Association, is scheduled for Sunday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the Indianapolis Convention Center . The conference is packed with exhibits, concurrent sessions, and highlighted speakers talking on a variety of topics related to reading.… Read More INDIANA STATE READING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: LIFELONG READERS
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