Reading for transformation...for kids!
Speaking Down Barriers has received a grant to offer literacy programming to children in Spartanburg, SC. We created Reading for Transformation for Kids (R4T4K, for short) to increase generational literacy in our community. This program requires registration for each child that will be attending and you can do so here.
Join the Speaking Down Barriers team and the Writer’s Well Youth Fellowship (Fellows and Adult Facilitators) team as we engage kids in reading books that are fun and that confront anti-blackness. The books we read will have non-majority people as the major character in the them. We will read books that move toward building anti-racist worlds where equity is the norm.
Our facilitators plan activities to engage the children during the reading sessions. These activities are tied in with the chosen book for that session. Some activities are created for the children to complete before the reading while others are made for the session. Each child who is registered will receive a copy of the book and all related materials for the activities.
With R4T4K, it is the hope of Speaking Down Barriers that these readings will engage adults as well to wards an understanding of the transformation that must take place within us and around us. We are working towards ending oppression and co-creating an equitable society. Let's read and grow together!
Join the Speaking Down Barriers team and the Writer’s Well Youth Fellowship (Fellows and Adult Facilitators) team as we engage kids in reading books that are fun and that confront anti-blackness. The books we read will have non-majority people as the major character in the them. We will read books that move toward building anti-racist worlds where equity is the norm.
Our facilitators plan activities to engage the children during the reading sessions. These activities are tied in with the chosen book for that session. Some activities are created for the children to complete before the reading while others are made for the session. Each child who is registered will receive a copy of the book and all related materials for the activities.
With R4T4K, it is the hope of Speaking Down Barriers that these readings will engage adults as well to wards an understanding of the transformation that must take place within us and around us. We are working towards ending oppression and co-creating an equitable society. Let's read and grow together!
Upcoming r4t4k
Our next summer session of R4T4K will be on June 26th from 11am-12:15pm.
Registration is required to attend and to receive the book and activity packet.
You can register by using the following link and choosing the
'June 26th Reading for Transformation for Kids' tab.
https://linktr.ee/SpeakingDownBarriers
Registration is required to attend and to receive the book and activity packet.
You can register by using the following link and choosing the
'June 26th Reading for Transformation for Kids' tab.
https://linktr.ee/SpeakingDownBarriers
