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Comics are drawing kids into reading in Eastwick

With support from the Neighborhood Literacy Fund, Dr. Sheena Howard’s comic-making workshops gave kids a chance to read, write and tell their own stories.

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Toya Algarin sees grandmothers as a way through Philadelphia’s literacy crisis

Toya Algarin has a simple, radical idea: the best reading teachers may already be at home. And they might be grandmothers.

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Insights from the Neighborhood Literacy Fund: What We’ve Learned About Fighting the Literacy Crisis Through Community-driven Solutions

We partnered with Fors Marsh to evaluate how our community literacy grant model, influenced by participatory and trust-based philanthropy, is working.