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Film, Video 2024 Library of Congress Literacy Award Honorees

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  • 2024 Library of Congress Literacy Award Honorees

Summary

  • The Library of Congress Literacy Awards honor nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad. This short video highlights the 2024 Library of Congress Literacy Awards winners and honorees. Learn more about the inspiring and innovative work of the LaundryCares Foundation (2024 David M. Rubenstein Prize recipient), We Need Diverse Books (2024 American Prize recipient), Alsama Project (2024 International Prize recipient) and Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori (the inaugural Kislak Family Foundation Prize recipient), as well as the following 20 organizations that are honored for their successful practices and emerging strategies in literacy promotion:

    • Aalam Bibi Trust
    • Charmaghz
    • Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching
    • Cuyahoga County Public Library
    • Educational Arts Team
    • Enhancing Children's Lives Organization
    • Erie Neighborhood House
    • Everybody Wins DC
    • Help Us Grow Foundation (H.U.G.)
    • Impact Network's Read Smart Cinyanja Program
    • The Literacy Lab
    • One World Education's One World Academy
    • School the World
    • Shout Mouse Press
    • Universal Reading Foundation

    Emerging Strategies Honorees:

    • Brooklyn Book Bodega
    • Safford City - Graham County Library
    • Latinx KidLit Book Festival
    • The Sami Parliament
    • William Paterson University (Real Men Read)

Event Date

  • October 31, 2024

Running Time

  • 5 minutes 37 seconds

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  • video
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