It may be the holiday season, but here at LitWorld, we have our sights set on our favorite holiday of the year: World Read Aloud Day!
Mark your calendars for February 5th, 2025, and get ready to join thousands of people around the world as we collectively celebrate the power of stories.
Can you feel it?! Sparks are flying here at LitWorld, and we hope you feel the electric energy too. Today officially marks 100 Days until World Read Aloud Day® (WRAD), our biggest celebration of the year.
Mark your calendars for February 5th, 2024, and get ready to join us for a full day of magic as we celebrate the joy of reading aloud.
Dear LitWorld Friend,
In 2011, the United Nations declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl, a day dedicated to recognizing the rights of girls. Since then, LitWorld has celebrated this day, rallying our global community to join our "Stand Up for Girls" campaign, where we advocate for every girl's right to share her story and transform the world.
The LitWorld community has proudly celebrated the International Day of the Girl for the past 13 years, and this year was no different.
Our global partners commemorated this day by putting together special activities to empower girls in their local communities, and we couldn’t be prouder to stand united in this mission alongside them.
Thanks to your support, we can continue to Stand Up for Girls not just on October 11th, but every single day.
Scroll down to see a recap of how our partners celebrated!
Dear LitWorld Friend,
Greetings from our headquarters in New York City! From where we are, the leaves are beginning to take on the warm hues of autumn, ushering in the new season. It's a wonderful time to renew our energy as we prepare for the last quarter of the year.
As the season turns, we find it fitting to welcome new changes to our team. We’re grateful to every community member who has contributed to the past, present and future of LitWorld, and we look forward to this next stage of growth.
Read on to learn how our LitWorld team is evolving.
LitWorld kicked off Giving Tuesday with a fun night of Drag Queen Bingo. Thanks to everyone who joined and congratulations to our winners!
All of us here at LitWorld woke up with an extra pep to our step this morning, still glowing from Shirley Delta Blow’s fabulous sparkle. We had such a fun time at virtual bingo last night; Shirley’s narration had us all smiling throughout the evening!
In between rounds of bingo, Shirley read from the book “Perfectly Norman” by Tom Percival, a beautiful picture book about celebrating what makes us different. The theme of the book ties perfectly into our commitment to #TellEveryStory, and it was a joy to hear Shirley read it aloud to us to remind us of the power of stories in making us feel seen, heard, and understood.
Today, we are thrilled to share our first edition of LitChats, a special conversation with LitWorld’s Programs Team about how to create brave spaces for children.
In this conversation, we are discussing all of the lessons we’ve learned as purveyors of LitWorld’s work about how to create safe and brave learning environments that promote social and emotional learning.
Whether at home, school, or in the community, brave spaces are needed everywhere.
With appreciation,
The LitWorld team
Dear LitWorld Friend,
As we adjust our sails amidst the waves of change happening across the United States and throughout the world, one thing is for certain: we remain steadfast in our commitment to providing brave spaces for our global community of children and families through the safe refuge of storytelling.
During this moment of inflection, we reaffirm our values and re-commit to our mission of spreading the transformative power of story.
At LitWorld, we believe:
Stories are the heartbeat of our humanity. By telling our stories, we color the world with the diversity of our thoughts, experiences, and visions. We believe stories are our most powerful assets, allowing us to declare that each of us are here, and we belong.
Children are the center of our work. Our work is anchored in our steadfast commitment to provide safe and brave spaces for children through the love of storytelling. By doing so, we nurture their ability to find and own their voice, so that they can discover their inner power, and grow as leaders and changemakers.
Literacy is a tool for social and emotional learning. By nurturing a love of reading, writing, speaking, listening & creating, we are dedicated to spreading the transformative power of storytelling. Through stories, we encourage our community to heal, grow, and reflect, nourishing both their hearts and minds.
We lead with joy. We meet challenges with optimism, dedicated to spreading happiness to others as we serve our global community.
Our work is Universal. Everyone deserves the space and place to share their stories, to discover who they are, and to explore their inner and outer worlds.
On November 19th, we will sharing our first edition of LitChats, a special conversation with LitWorld’s Program Team about how to create brave spaces for children so they can have empowering learning experiences that not only strengthens literacy skills, but promotes a sense of belonging & safety. We look forward to sharing this with you on our next newsletter!
To Brave Spaces,
The LitWorld team
Can you feel it?! Sparks are flying here at LitWorld, and we hope you feel the electric energy too. Today officially marks 100 Days until World Read Aloud Day® (WRAD), our biggest celebration of the year.
Mark your calendars for February 5th, 2024, and get ready to join us for a full day of magic as we celebrate the joy of reading aloud.
Dear LitWorld Friend,
In 2011, the United Nations declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl, a day dedicated to recognizing the rights of girls. Since then, LitWorld has celebrated this day, rallying our global community to join our "Stand Up for Girls" campaign, where we advocate for every girl's right to share her story and transform the world.
The LitWorld community has proudly celebrated the International Day of the Girl for the past 13 years, and this year was no different.
Our global partners commemorated this day by putting together special activities to empower girls in their local communities, and we couldn’t be prouder to stand united in this mission alongside them.
Thanks to your support, we can continue to Stand Up for Girls not just on October 11th, but every single day.
Scroll down to see a recap of how our partners celebrated!
Dear LitWorld Friend,
Greetings from our headquarters in New York City! From where we are, the leaves are beginning to take on the warm hues of autumn, ushering in the new season. It's a wonderful time to renew our energy as we prepare for the last quarter of the year.
As the season turns, we find it fitting to welcome new changes to our team. We’re grateful to every community member who has contributed to the past, present and future of LitWorld, and we look forward to this next stage of growth.
Read on to learn how our LitWorld team is evolving.
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