Literacy
Awards Online Best Practices Conference 2020
Library of Congress: November 2020 
Literacy Awards
Library of Congress
Learn
and Share with Library of Congress 2020 Literacy Award Winners and Best
Practice Honorees, November 19-20
Over
the course of two afternoons, we will celebrate the five 2020 award winners and
15 Best Practice honorees, and host interactive conversations between them and
members of the Literacy Awards Advisory Board. The conversations will address a
wide range of topics from bridging the digital divide to family engagement and
more.
Together, we will focus on identifying and sharing best practices both before and during COVID-19.
Welcome and Special
Congratulations
The Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden; Director, Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement, Shari Werb; as well as the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein welcome attendees to the 2020 Annual Best Practices Conference and congratulate the 2020 Library of Congress winners and Best Practice Honorees.
The U.S. Poet Laureate emeritus and current Literacy Awards Advisory Board member Juan Felipe Herrera reads the poem he wrote in honor of the 2020 Literacy Award recipients.
A conversation with The Immigrant Learning Center
A conversation with the International Rescue Committee’s Pakistan Reading Project
2020 David M. Rubenstein Special Response Awardee as well as past recipient of the 2017 International Prize Dr. Chantal Francois, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Towson University and Library of Congress Literacy Awards Advisory Board member, interviews Suzanne Singh, Chairperson, Pratham Books.
2020 David M. Rubenstein Special Response Awardee as well as past recipient of the 2014 David M. Rubenstein Prize and 2013 Best Practice Honoree Meg Medina, 2019 Newbery Award winner and Library of Congress Literacy Awards Advisory Board member, interviews Christabel Pinto, Senior Director, Room to Read’s Global Literacy Program. WATCH
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