March 9th 2011 ~ Celebrate the Power of Words and Stories and Take Action for Global Literacy
Learn more here: LitWorld
LitWorld is a 501C3 nonprofit organization led by Executive Director Pam Allyn, a renowned literacy educator and advocate. They work to cultivate literacy leaders worldwide through transformational literacy experiences that build connection, understanding, resilience and strength.
Lit World is looking for people doing innovative work in literacy, education and children’s advocacy to join our LitCorps Ambassador Program and Volunteer Team.
Nearly 1 billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their name. WorldLit asks, “What would you miss most if you could not read or write? Imagine your world without words.”
World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology. By raising our voices together on this day we show the world’s children that we support their future: that they have the right to read, to write, and to share their words to change the world.
Across the globe nearly 171 million children could be lifted out of poverty if they left school with basic reading and writing skills. Quality literacy education is the difference between life and death, prosperity and despair. This is literacy for survival.
It’s time to join the global literacy movement.
Accomplished so far:
• Reached 35 countries and 40,000 participants in Year One, March 3, 2010 – help LitWorld reach more people in 2011!
