Children’s March for Literacy To Take Place In Atlanta

Unknown numbers of literature lovers are expected to take to the streets to raise awareness about the need for books and education. The Children’s March for Literacy is slated to happen on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 from 9 a.m. to noon at Turner Field (Gold Lot) 755 Hank Aaron Way, Atlanta, GA 30315.

Participants are encouraged to dress up as your favorite character from your favorite book and join them on this fun family march as they take to the streets to shed light on the epidemic of illiteracy and its proximal side effects on society.

The March to 20Hundred Thousand Books: A Children’s March for Literacy

The goal of the march is to empower children to reclaim their narratives, tell their own stories and get excited about reading.

The Empowered Readers Literacy Project is a nonprofit organization dreamed up by a 5-year-old little girl who set out to tackle illiteracy by helping families build strong reading rituals and by getting kids excited about reading.

The Empowered Readers Literacy Project takes a holistic, emergent approach to literacy that believes that education is more than a set of skills that enable a child or adult to memorize words and sound out phonics.

The group is determined to help kids and families change the focus of reading by engaging them in imaginative Adventures and tapping into their creativity.

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