Children's Literacy Project

“If you are able to read this book, you are blessed. If you read this book, your heart will be touched and moved. Read!” —Paul Young, author of The Shack READ is more than just a book; it’s an invitation to take simple steps toward extraordinary change. By teaching a child to read, you are not just performing an act of kindness but engaging in a revolutionary act of love. This book rejuvenates your church's engagement with education and faith, proving that literacy can be a powerful tool. Pick up your copy today at https://a.co/d/h26WdoC

Did you watch Sentenced on Peacock and want to take action? Join us and find a place to volunteer to read, add your own literacy organization, or register a group who has been inspired to volunteer! Children’s Literacy Project exists to re-ignite the cause of early childhood literacy in America.? We help start new programs, we help increase existing programs, we connect organizations to people and resources, and we are on a mission to find and recruit 1,000,000 new reading mentors. https://lnkd.in/esPNkRRx

“Nothing is more foundational, or more important to a child’s success in life than the ability to learn and love to read,” Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry said in a statement. “When that is missing, you take away the opportunity for an individual to meet their full potential, which is what is displayed in Sentenced. We’re grateful for the group of filmmakers and activists involved in this film who share a common goal of promoting literacy and changing these outcomes and inequities that exist." Check out the article at The Hollywood Reporter and be sure to watch SENTENCED on Peacock!

The numbers are staggering and are a stark reminder as to why this mission is so important. Help make a difference with us and visit?https://lnkd.in/eg2Uvc_8 to find out how.

When we first started making SENTENCED, Connor, the co-director, said, “I want a documentary that creates empathy… people don’t know what illiteracy looks like, what it feels like… We have to follow real stories that humanize the statistics.”?That was when we found Fugi. This is Fugi trying to read.?Fugi did more than invite us into his life… he dared to reveal to us how he was stuck.?Because he can’t read, everything in his life required taking “the long way,” as Connor coined it.?With him everything came with pain and if you have watched SENTENCED, you know exactly what I am talking about.?Right? At the same time, when you watch him, you will get to meet a man who had been raised to be hard and yet when his children arrived, everything changed.?His heart became soft… and so he traveled that “long way” every single day, compelled by his love. See Fugi’s story in SENTENCED, now playing only on Peacock. https://lnkd.in/eBxH_2nk

From producers Stephen & Ayesha Curry comes SENTENCED – now available to stream, only on Peacock! Filmed from the point of view of ethnically diverse adults and children who have never learned to read, SENTENCED is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy can free children from the cycles of generational poverty. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/eBxH_2nk

"One can’t but admire the resilience of the film’s subjects, and when the story turns to the dedicated army of teachers in programs such as the Children's Literacy Project (teachakidtoread.com), it becomes downright positive." - San Francisco Chronicle's review of SENTENCED

“Nothing is more foundational, or more important to a child’s success in life than the ability to learn and love to read. When that is missing, you take away the opportunity for an individual to meet their full potential, which is what is displayed in Sentenced. We’re grateful for the group of filmmakers and activists involved in this film who share a common goal of promoting literacy and changing these outcomes and inequities that exist.” - Stephen Curry & Ayesha Curry. Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media presents SENTENCED, an immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy through a series of braided character driven stories. Narrated by Stephen Curry, SENTENCED is filmed from the point of view of ethnically diverse adults and children who have never learned to read, the film is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy can free children from the cycles of generational poverty. Stream it today on Peacock https://lnkd.in/eRhc_xMM