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Community leaders, parents, government officials, business owners, education professionals, social service agencies and anyone else with a passion for creating a more literate Muskegon County, is invited to join us for this virtual Community Summit. The goal of the summit is to collectively strengthen the cross-sector capacity in Muskegon County and amplify community involvement to meet the needs of children, youth and adults that face a variety of barriers in their quest to becoming literate.
Speakers including:
• Sharon Darling, Founder & President, National Center for Families Learning
• Poppy Siaz-Hernandez, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Office of Governor Whitmer
Breakout Groups – Community Action:
•Economic Opportunity/Workforce Development
Focused coordination of adult learning opportunities that include better access to services for those with basic literacy needs, creating clear opportunities for family sustaining wages.
• Education
Our schools face the enormous task of mitigating learning loss and we must mobilize as a community to provide support specific to reading instruction and ensure all families have what they need at home to help their children thrive as readers.
• Neighborhoods & Community Leadership
Building partnerships with existing networks of community-based leaders, neighborhood associations, churches, and others to create literacy navigators that help bridge the gap between needs and services.
The summit will take place on ZOOM. A link will be sent to registered participants prior to the event.
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