Dear Friend,

Happy New Year!

At Literacy Partners, we're excited for 2018 and the upcoming semester with our students.  We have some impressive educational gains to report from the first half of the school year:  

52% of our English for Parents students made at least a one level educational gain in just one semester!

55%  of our students have reported increased reading with their children - the single best thing you can do to prepare your children for school. 

And, next month, we will celebrate the accomplishments of 11 of our students who earned their high school equivalency degrees in 2017. 

We're so proud of our students and look forward to helping them build on their achievements this year.

Our students' progress is remarkable - especially considering the challenges they face and the short amount of time they've been with us.  Supporters like you make this possible - i f you haven't had a chance to make a year-end gift, please make a gift now to stand with our students. 

To learn more about how to get involved,   please  email me  - I would love to hear from you. Here's to a great 2018.

Sincerely,

Anthony Tassi,  CEO
The Career Manifesto: Pre-Launch and Networking Event

We're so lucky to have your support - thank you to everyone who signed up for this sold-out event!
We're looking forward to an enlightening discussion about jumpstarting your career and The Career Manifesto, a new book by Mike Steib, CEO and President, XO Group. Mike will be joined by David Eun, President, Samsung NEXT, for an exciting Q&A session and networking.

We'll see you on Thursday!
Literacy Partners in the News
Thank you to Fareed Zakaria for recording this video for Literacy Partners!  The piece was created for American Airlines, and is being shown during its in-flight news programming throughout all of December and January.  Please take a look and let us know what you think!

We also wrote a tribute remembering Parker Ladd's philanthropic  legacy and impact on Literacy Partners - read the piece in the January edition of Publisher's Weekly.
2018 Gala 
Purchase  your tickets today and join us at the Evening of Readings and Gala Dinner Dance on March 14! We will be honoring Univision CEO Randy Falco, Publisher Joni Evans, and hearing from Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz. We will also celebrate  the contributions to Literacy Partners of our champions Liz Smith, Parker Ladd and Arnold Scaasi. You won't want to miss it - it will be a night to remember! 
Bike for Books on May 6!
Do you cycle? Planning on doing the 2018 TD Five Boro Bike Tour? Literacy Partners is excited to return as a charity partner for this event on Sunday, May 6, and are currently recruiting team members. The money raised by our riders will help Literacy Partners provide free literacy and language classes to low-income parents along with a home library of children's books for their families. To become a charity rider or to learn more, apply below or email bike@literacypartners.org. We'd love to have you! 
BECOME A MONTHLY SUPPORTER

Thanks to Literacy Partners classes, reading has become a huge part of Carmen's life, as has speaking English. She shares both with Nuriel and Jacquelyn, her children, and reports that every night before bed, Nuriel and Jacquelyn eagerly say, "Mommy, you have to read with us!". 

Read more about Carmen and our other students here. And p lease consider becoming a monthly supporter to help students like these build on their success. You can do so by clicking the   donate button   and then checking the  Recurring Monthly  box on the Donate page. Thank you! 
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