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Words Alive is a non-profit reading advocacy organization that inspires a commitment to reading and develops shared reading experiences for children, youth and adults. We accomplish this by creating and supporting:
- Targeted programs for underserved communities;
- Community learning forums;
- Community-wide reading projects;
- Model reading programs; and
- Networks for communicating about reading.
Our vision is to create a community where:
- The passion for and sharing of reading provides a common language for all people;
- Individuals are widely encouraged to cherish the intrinsic value of reading;
- The varying elements of the community—political, social and corporate—use literature as a springboard for communication amongst themselves and between each other;
- People look to reading as a key to success in the social, educational and personal and career growth arenas; and
- Existing vehicles of communication and interaction—media, internet, civic groups incorporate literature and its lessons as a matter of course.
- We believe reading experiences offer opportunities for self-analysis and a vehicle through which to learn about the world at large;
- We are concerned about and committed to literacy;
- We want to help others overcome illiteracy; and
- We love to read and want to share our passion.
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