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Childhood Literacy Resource Fair & Town Hall

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 11:30 AM Reading, PA
Tags: Education

Click here to listen to a recording of the event.

To see the slides from the event, click here. To view the handout from the event, click here.

See the Reading Eagle's coverage of the event here.

What: 
Childhood Literacy Resource Fair & Town Hall – Chrissy’s 76th town hall!

Who: 

Chrissy Houlahan – Congresswoman, PA-06

Dr. Jeanette Betancourt – Senior Vice President of U.S. Social Impact, Sesame Workshop

Shante' Brown – Deputy Secretary, PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning

Dr. Susan Looney (Moderator) – President, Reading Area Community College

Dr. Michelle Reichard-Huff – Director of Early Childhood and Student Services, BCIU

The event featured the following organizations:

  • Sesame Workshop
  • Berks County Intermediate Unit (BCIU)
  • Opportunity House
  • Yocum Institute
  • Literacy Council of Reading
  • Centro Hispano
  • Reading Public Library
  • Olivet Boys and Girls Club
  • United Way of Berks County

When: Monday, July 31. Resource Fair: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & Town Hall: 1 to 2 p.m.

Where: Reading Area Community College’s Miller Center for the Arts, 4 N 2nd St, Reading, PA 19601