by Marci Robertson | Nov 6, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog
From Sharecropper’s Son to Reading Enthusiast John* was born on the day World War II began, Pearl Harbor Day in 1941, in the east Arkansas flat delta farmlands. He was a sharecropper’s son and went to very poorly funded “colored” schools in Keo, 20 miles...
by Marci Robertson | Oct 23, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog
BHP has awarded Literacy Action of Central Arkansas a $6,700 donation to support literacy programming in Faulkner County. By Log Cabin Democrat Aaran Mattson, Literacy Action’s Faulkner County program coordinator, and her student use the program’s current equipment...
by Marci Robertson | Oct 17, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog
Student and Tutor of the Year Award Winners We had a great time on September 29th honoring our students and tutors at Shine a Light on Literacy. We were pleased to present our Student of the Year Award to Christina Cook. Christina worked incredibly hard this year to...
by Kevin Cates | Nov 6, 2015 | Literacy Action Blog
7th Annual Shine a Light on Literacy A night of glittering entertainment, benefiting Literacy Action of Central Arkansas The 7th Annual Shine a Light on Literacy, presented by Legacy Termite, raised over $30,000 for Literacy Action of Central Arkansas! We are so...
