Advocacy

Most of these children come from homes where there are few or no books in the home. Parents of these students rarely have the time or ability to read to their children.
Reading aloud builds vocabulary as they begin to learn the words in context as they hear them.
Reading aloud builds an appreciation of literature and the wonderful world of books.
Reading aloud builds listening skills.
Reading aloud to a child creates a special recreational bond that many children will not have experienced before.
Reading aloud is, according to the landmark 1985 report “Becoming a Nation of Readers,” “the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading.”
More information:  http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/read-aloud-to-children/

Developing that passion for reading is crucial, according to Jim Trelease, author of the best-seller, “The Read-Aloud Handbook.” “Every time we read to a child, we’re sending a ‘pleasure’ message to the child’s brain,” he writes in the “Handbook.” “You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure.”

Election Volunteer Opportunities:

• Become a poll monitor
  • Election Protection – led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – is the nation’s largest non-partisan voter protection coalition
• Become a poll worker
  • ACLU
  • Fulton County
  • Dekalb County
  • Cobb County
  • Gwinnett County
• Give rides to the polls 
  • Georgia – RideShare2Vote
  • The People’s Agenda
• Host a letter writing party with NCJW and Vote Forward
  • NCJW collaborates with Vote Forward to write personalized, hand-written letters to voters from under-represented communities. Research shows this is one of the most effective ways to increase voter turn-out. We need YOU to mobilize your community for letter writing parties. You can sign up here to host a letter writing party at the NCJW office, in your home or on Zoom at a date and time of your choosing. It’s easy! You can find more information here.

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• Register to vote
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• See sample ballots
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• Find election dates, early voting dates and locations
• Request an absentee ballot if you can’t vote in person.

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