International Literacy Day

In 2008 One World Education launched our website and programs at this special International Literacy Day celebration.

You won’t want to miss another stirring

Literacy: Schools and Communities Working Together

September 9, 2009
10:00 a.m. to Noon
Hosted by the Center for the Book at the
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room 119, 10 First Street, SE
Corner of First Street and Independence Avenue, SE

Special guests include:
• Professor Judy Backlund (Rotarian and IRA member), teacher trainer for Lost Sudanese Boys in Sudan
• Renowned Chef Art Smith of Common Threads mentoring program
• Dr. Faryal Khan, UNESCO, New York
• Nigerian and Ghanaian students of the Reading Across Continents project
• Everybody Wins!_ lunchtime initiative linking adults to young reading buddies
• Alma Powell of America’s Promise Alliance

RSVP to irawash@reading.org
(For details search International Literacy Day at International Reading Association’s  www.reading.org) Refreshments will be served.

• Meet top literacy activists and celebrate their work!
• Hear about the progress being made by John Dau (Lost Sudanese Boy and 2007 ILD speaker) and the teacher-training project in Sudan supported by IRA and Rotary International members.
• Acquire the culinary skills and secret ingredients for blending diversity, literacy, and cooking from the renowned chef Art Smith of Common Threads.
• Update on Reading Across Continents program connecting DC’s School Without Walls & Nigerian and Ghanaian students. Meet the visiting African students.
• Witness the wonders of mentoring through Everybody Wins! - a lunchtime reading initiative linking adults to reading buddies in DC schools.
• Find out how Rotary International literacy efforts impact readers of all ages. 
• Learn how General Colin & Alma Powell increase graduation rates and prepare students for college and the working world through America’s Promise Alliance.
• UNESCO on Literacy as Empowerment