“Freedom Through Literacy”
Est. 2010 in memory of Judith F. Krug
Board Option Award – $300 Lisa Gerard – “Little Read Wagon”NORMAN, OKLAHOMA Tackling communities with “book deserts” in the town of Norman,Oklahoma, Lisa Gerard began a mini library at a local laundromat in 2020. From there, the reading ball started rolling!Since that laundromat library, Lisa has added a lending library and a volunteer program in…
Honorable Mentions Lisette Caesar – “Mirroring Our KidsEAST HARLEM, NEW YORKLisette’s steadfast efforts to create libraries that reflect her students and their lives earns her an Honorable Mention. CBS NY clip on Lisette Caesar’s “brainchild” Book Vending Machine at Mosaic Prep Academy in NY Simon Ke – “Mobile Library Project”SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA We honor Simon…
Three more camel libraries and more to come… read onward… Well, Judith’s Reading Room got it right when in voting Basarat as our 1st Freedom Through Literacy Award! She continues to thrill and we hope this message touches your heart as it did ours. Enjoy the new photos as well! Dear Cathy, Greetings!! Thank you…
2020 FREEDOM THROUGH LITERACY AWARDVirtual Award Celebration – Sept. 26, 2020
The Judith’s Award – $1,500September 27, 2020 Ty Allan Jackson, Bronx, New York Too often, children’s books represent non-white protagonists within a narrow range of topics. Award-winning author Ty Allan Jackson writes highly engaging books that buck this tradition, offering children who don’t always see themselves in the stories they read the opportunity for a …
Grand Prize Award – $2,500 Christopher McGilvery, “Teachers and Student Ambassadors Project”Canyon, Texas Supporting one another with the power of literacy. For Chris McGilvery, this is the story he wants to tell in his community. Through his work with The Leaders Readers Network, Chris engages teachers across the United States and Dominica to grow leadership…
Judith’s Award – $1,500 Ty Allan Jackson, “Big Head Books”Bronx, New York Too often, children’s books represent non-white protagonists within a narrow range of topics. Award-winning author Ty Allan Jackson writes highly engaging books that buck this tradition, offering children who don’t always see themselves in the stories they read the opportunity for a different…
Board Option Prize – $500 Charmaine Tsosie, “Chinle Planting Hope”Navajo Nation, Chinle, Arizona “Winning the award is such an honor to my community and me. It feels like the Navajo Nation is seen and heard.” -Charmaine Tsosie Basarat Kazim, “Camel Library for Kech Balochistan”Lahore, Pakistan “Your support provides opportunities to thousands of girls to…
Hello Erin, Charmaine and Amber, Thank you so very much, Charmaine, for providing me with your “wish list” of book titles and some favorite authors to help you launch the Mobile Library for Chinle. As you can imagine it was not easy to find all of them, but I did my very best thanks to the help of…
Congratulations to Chris McGilvery for meriting this coverage!! The news, news and more news…. From West Texas A&M University – Literacy Nonprofit Founded by WT Staffer Wins National Award From myhighplains.com: Literacy Nonprofit Founded by WT Staffer Wins National Award From News Channel 10: Nationally recognized Canyon-based literacy program taking application