“Freedom Through Literacy”
Est. 2010 in memory of Judith F. Krug
The $1,500 Judith’s Award winner is Amber Drinen for “R.E.A.D. in Beauty Bookmobile” project, an initiative of Chinle Planting Hope in Chinle, Arizona, a Native-controlled nonprofit that supervises the Bookmobile which serves 34,000 members of the Navajo Nation, where there is no public library.
The $2,500 Grand Prize goes to award-winning children’s book author Ty Jackson for his youth financial literacy project: “The Danny Dollar Entrepreneur Fair,” Fresno, California. Ty, a previous winner of the coveted Judith’s Award, developed a creative program based on his book, Make Your Own Money: How Kids Can Earn It, Save It, Spend It, and Dream Big.
February 13, 2023 — Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Judith F. Krug, a distinguished librarian, is pleased to announce the winners of its 9th annual “Freedom Through Literacy Award.” The judges declared eight (8) champions of literacy with a combined financial award of $5,000.
Judith’s Reading Room dedicated its 103rd library today at Jabulani Community Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This custom library contains books designed for teenagers and adults who, for whatever reason, find themselves grown but not fully literate.cation can donate a book or two at checkout for a child in need and forever change that child’s life.
Judith’s Reading Room dedicated its 103rd library today at Jabulani Community Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This custom library contains books designed for teenagers and adults who, for whatever reason, find themselves grown but not fully literate.cation can donate a book or two at checkout for a child in need and forever change that child’s life.
Judith’s Reading Room dedicated its 103rd library today at Jabulani Community Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This custom library contains books designed for teenagers and adults who, for whatever reason, find themselves grown but not fully literate.cation can donate a book or two at checkout for a child in need and forever change that child’s life.
Judith’s Reading Room dedicated its 103rd library today at Jabulani Community Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This custom library contains books designed for teenagers and adults who, for whatever reason, find themselves grown but not fully literate.cation can donate a book or two at checkout for a child in need and forever change that child’s life.
(FYI: photo credit: Deborah Howe, Mosaic Preparatory Academy) On October 3rd, Judith’s Reading Room donated 50 copies of one of Dr. Lisette Caesar’s books in her Little Lizzie Series to each kindergarten scholar at Mosaic Preparatory Academy. The third grade scholars were “tasked” with handing out the books to the kindergartners. This act of kindness on the part…
Judith’s Reading Room dedicated its 103rd library today at Jabulani Community Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This custom library contains books designed for teenagers and adults who, for whatever reason, find themselves grown but not fully literate.cation can donate a book or two at checkout for a child in need and forever change that child’s life.
Grand Prize Award – $2,500 Fayola Fair – “Reading for Black Lives Project”JAMAICA, QUEENS, NEW YORK “Literacy is an essential aspect of social change and liberation.” So declares 24-year-old Fayola Fair, educator, community organizer, and our 2022 Freedom Through Literacy Grand Prize Winner. Fair’s “Reading for Black Lives Project” aims to promote this belief by…