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Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth:

Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth:. How the Library Community Has Answered the Call. Casey Rawson Sandra Hughes- Hassell UNC Chapel Hill SILS. Why African American Males?. Statistics.

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Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth:

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  1. Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth: How the Library Community Has Answered the Call Casey Rawson Sandra Hughes-Hassell UNC Chapel Hill SILS

  2. Why African American Males? Statistics Among adolescents and young adults, 8 times more likely to die from homicide than White males of the same age 13% of African American male 4th graders and 11% of African American male 8th graders at or above proficient in reading 14% of the national population, but 5% of the college population and nearly 40% of the prison population Double the unemployment rate of White males Barely half graduate from high school

  3. About the summit

  4. About the summit Researchers Publishers Authors School & Public Librarians School & Library Administrators Policymakers Educators Students

  5. About the summit

  6. About the summit http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu

  7. “Literacy is not just about decoding text. It is about becoming a superior human being that can act powerfully upon the world.”- Ernest Morrell, Ph.D.

  8. Webinar http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/7857

  9. Professional Development Toolkit http://librariesliteracyandaamaleyouth.weebly.com/

  10. A Call to Action

  11. Library Walk http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu/?page_id=842

  12. Levels of Librarian Involvement Transformative http://tinyurl.com/liblevels

  13. Identifying Enabling Texts Tool

  14. Teacher PD

  15. Blue Ribbon Council http://www.slideshare.net/mrsbunner/finding-our-voices-17092841

  16. Diversifying the Curriculum

  17. Statewide Librarian Workshop

  18. Our Challenge to You What can YOUR library do to address the literacy needs of African American male youth?

  19. Join the Conversation! Sandra Hughes-Hassell smhughes@email.unc.edu Casey Rawson crawson@email.unc.edu http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu

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