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Stress-free e-reading
Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Passages Academy NYC
We are happy to share that some of students’ favorite stress free reads are now available on Sora, thanks to Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT). Students can now lose themselves in the cuteness of Boo, the wonderment of the Power […]
Literacy for Incarcerated Teens is thrilled to be chosen by One in an A.R.M.Y., the fan club for the band BTS, as the November charity. More money means more books, magazines, author visits for detained youth. We thank those who donate to help these young people.
Library of Congress Announces Winners of 2019 Literacy Awards
Top Honors Awarded to ProLiteracy Worldwide, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults and ConTextos
Press Contact: Sheryl Cannady (202) 707-1639
Public Contact: Dawn Stitzel (202) 707-0798
Website: Library of Congress Literacy Awards
Three organizations working to […]
The Art for Justice Fund (www.artforjusticefund.org), a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. has awarded a grant of $50,000 to Literacy for Incarcerated Teens. We thank Christopher Myers and Mukaneza Schaal, Bearing Witness Fellows of the Fund, for this wonderful opportunity to provide more books and programs to detained […]
The inaugural Empire State Center for the Book Literacy Award is being presented to Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT). The mission of Literacy for Incarcerated Teens, founded in 2009, is to improve the ability and desire of incarcerated youth to read, to offer encouragement, and motivation to seek a better future. […]
The auction goes live on June 1 and will be updated continually as it runs through the beginning of August. You can make a monetary donation now by clicking here.
Saturday, September 6, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, 143 East 103rd Street, New York, NY
Join us as Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT) partners with La Casa Azul Bookstore to create a bilingual library at the Children’s Home of Kingston where a number of children are being detained as they await immigration proceedings. […]
This March, LIT sponsored an author visit by Clay McLeod Chapman, author of The Tribe Books, at Brentwood Residential Center for Girls in Long Island. One of the girls commented “I liked how you brought the book to life.” Clay blogged about his experience here. You can follow Clay on […]
Last week, LIT sponsored an author visit by Lauren Oliver, author of the recently-released Panic, at Columbia Girls facility, a secure facility for girls charged as adults located in Claverack, NY. Lauren talked about her writing process and then did a poetry exercise with the girls. According to the English teacher, “by […]
