Making Connections

Establishing Empathy through Character building

  1. Text = World) Characters are multi-dimensional=People are multi-dimensional

  2. Text= Self) I am multi-dimensional

Cultivating Curiosity and Investigation

  1. Text = World) Broadening our scope by broadening our mores = broadening, increasing, improving our questions for inclusion and progress

  2. When, Why, and How do we decide what is moral or ethical? Are moral questions specific to communities & cultures?

Improving life through literacy

Low literacy skills have an incredible impact on a person's quality of life. 43% of adults with low literacy live under the poverty line and 70% of welfare recipients have low literacy skills. Literacy skills is a changeable factor in someone's life and can directly impact their self-sufficiency and well being. With a higher literacy level a person becomes more employable and better able to think critically. Working with Project Read provides direct support and service to people who need it most.