Literacy First

Literacy Launch
2022-10-06 08:30 - 11:45 UTC
Literacy First invites you to the 2022 Literacy Launch! Join us to learn more about the program, the state of early literacy in Central Texas, and how we’re responding to support more students. The morning will begin with a light breakfast networking reception and expert panel discussion, followed by the official swearing in of 2022-2023 Literacy First AmeriCorps tutors.
Not in Austin? Please mark your calendars – a livestream of the Swearing In will be available around 10:30am, for those who aren’t able to attend in person.
Access the Facebook livestream HERE.
RSVP: CLICK HERE
WHEN: Thursday, October 6th, 2022, 8:30am. Program will run from 9:00am-11:45am.
WHERE: Joe C. Thompson Conference Center
2405 Robert Dedman Dr.
Austin, TX 78712
HIGHLIGHTS:
Meet Dr. Claire Hagen Alvarado, Literacy First Director
Expert panel discussion on high-impact tutoring

Dr. Alexis Juusola, Managing Director of Multilingual Education at KIPP Texas Public Schools
Dr. Annette Tielle, Del Valle ISD Superintendent
Dr. David Kauffman, Kauffman Education LLC & Assistant Professor of Practice at UT-Austin
Marisol Foster, Executive Director of Webber Family Foundation & Literacy First Advisory Board Chair

Read aloud with filmmaker, author, and youth literacy activist e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Official swearing in of 2022-2023 Literacy First AmeriCorps Tutors. Remarks from AmeriCorps alumni, Juan Tornoe and Sheena Moore
PARKING: Guests should park in Lot 40 at the corner of E Dean Keeton and Red River. Following submission of your RSVP, you will be emailed a printable parking pass prior to the event. Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 4th to obtain your parking pass on time.
QUESTIONS: Please contact Rachel Mallernee at rmallernee@austin.utexas.edu

Amplify Austin 2023
2023-03-01 18:00 - 2023-03-02 18:00
We need you to Amplify Literacy First and our community’s growing readers! Let’s launch learners that will change the world!
On March 1-2, Literacy First will participate in Amplify Austin, the annual 24-hour citywide fundraising event hosted by I Live Here I Give Here. Find out below how to make an impact starting today.

3 Ways to Amplify Literacy First
Preschedule your gift today!
Your gift of any size will go toward teaching hundreds of students to read this year. And as soon as we register your gift, we will remove you from all Literacy First Amplify Austin emails, reducing your inbox while brightening the future of Austin. Give today!
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