InterACTions: Oregon’s Literacy Crisis—Why Reading Matters & What Solutions Count

When:
May 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone
2022-05-17T12:00:00-07:00
2022-05-17T13:00:00-07:00

 

 

 

 

 

Join us on May 17th—following the release of Our Children Oregon’s issue brief on Oregon’s literacy crisis (early May), prepared in collaboration with Decoding Dyslexia Oregon—for an interactive discussion on the current realities of learning and teaching to read in our state. This conversation will include pandemic-related impacts on young learners and what it will take to solve long-standing disparities in literacy rates.

Panelists include:

Angela Uherbelau: Founder, Oregon Kids Read

Dr. Ronda Fritz: Clinic Director, EOU’s Reading Clinic

Resha Conroy: Founder, Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children

Cathy Parker: Literacy Specialist, North Portland’s Woodlawn Elementary