All Events12:30 - 02:00 pm
Words in Every Neighborhood: Citywide Efforts to Expand Literacy-Rich Environments
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We are excited to re-launch the Crucible of Practice Salons where we delve into successful strategies being deployed by our CGLR Community Coalition Lead Organizations and partners in our network. These important monthly sessions provide an opportunity for CGLR community coalition members and collaborators to meet and reflect on lessons learned, share best practices and troubleshoot challenges!
Our Nov. 12 session will highlight efforts in Philadelphia, where a group of researchers and practitioners focused on literacy-rich environments came together with support from the William Penn Foundation (WPF) to collaborate in a community of practice. Read By 4th, Philadelphia’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading coalition has been an active participant in this community, along with several other experts who are part of CGLR’s Everyday Places and Spaces Coalition.
The WPF Community of Practice resulted in a newly released publication, Philadelphia as a Literacy-Rich Environment, Unlocking Potential and Creating Change. The brief explores five environmental conditions that need to be in place across a city to optimize the literacy-rich environments where children and their caregivers spend time. It concludes with a series of recommendations for funders and community leaders to support the establishment and cultivation of literacy-rich environments across a city.
Please join us on November 12, from 12:30-2 pm ET, as we explore this brief and engage with multiple representatives from cities, counties and communities across the CGLR Network that are promoting active collaborations between nonprofit organizations, museums, government agencies and small businesses to ensure that children have the opportunity to engage with words and literacy prompts in bus stops, parks, laundromats, doctors’ offices and other everyday places and spaces. CGLR knows that all communities can be literacy and learning-rich. These partners have unlocked replicable strategies that can help local leaders ensure these experiences are city or county-wide. This interactive session will engage participants in exploring strategies to cultivate and sustain literacy-rich environments in your community.
Participants in this highly interactive session will:
- Gain an overview of the WPF Community of Practice and the recently released brief.
- Explore how CGLR communities, such as Read by 4th in Philadelphia, can play a role in expanding literacy-rich environments.
- Learn how other CGLR communities are working to create literacy-rich cities and counties.
- Converse about how you can convene diverse local entities, including city and county government and community-based organizations to come together to bring words to every neighborhood.