Monday, April 26, 2010

Call to Action for Literacy

To: Community Leaders

On April 30th, San Antonio will celebrate El Dia de los niños, dia de los libros with other cities in the US and in Mexico. Mayor Castro will issue an urgent call to every person in San Antonio to take action to reverse San Antonio’s deplorable literacy rates.

SACOL, the San Antonio Commission on Literacy, invites you to attend the ceremony with the Mayor’s Call to Action and the following Community Roundtable on Literacy. The roundtable will be the first of a series of Call to Action Roundtables leading to a city-wide economic summit on literacy in September, National Literacy Month. The Roundtable is an opportunity for participants from each sector of our city – educational, non-profit, business, cultural, religious, athletic, etc. to define the challenge, identify the opportunities, and make specific policy recommendations for action by the City of San Antonio.

This is different work from the intense planning so capably led by Literacy SA the past year. The master plan for services created through the Literacy SA process will not come to fruition until a clear policy priority is set for the city. Please join us for this next important step.

8:15- 9:30 Registration (Lobby of the Performing Arts Center, Edgewood Performing Arts Academy)

8:45-9:30 Mayor’s Call to Action (Performing Art Center)

9:30-12:00 Children’s Concert & Activities

9:45-11:45 Community Roundtable on Literacy (Recital Hall)

Space limited

RSVP required for parking
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