Opening Pathways for
Under-Resourced Children

READ USA opens pathways for children in under-resourced communities with book choice and ownership, one-to-one literacy tutoring, multicultural literacy programming, professional literacy instruction development for educators, all to positively impact grade level reading proficiency, workforce development, building a diverse teacher pipeline and ending the cycle of generational poverty.

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2011-2022 Impact
Book Choice and Ownership

678,500+
Books
216,500+
Children

Literacy Tutoring

2,143
Children
883
Teen Tutors
189
Teachers
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Making an Impact

READ USA has evolved into a powerful force for positive change, impacting grade level reading proficiency, workforce development and building a diverse teacher pipeline, all with the goal of establishing an equitable and permanent culture of literacy for lifelong learning, freedom and prosperity.

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READ USA hosts the "Peace In The Pages" event in October each year in connection with ONEJAX on or near Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday to promote the link between literacy and the values of unity, diversity, equity, empathy, peace, non-violence, health, freedom, leadership and success.

Peace In The Pages
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