LINC welcomes Yvan Kaprielian, our newest cyclist to Team LINC as we get ready to ride the TD Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday. Get to know Yvan in this brief interview and why he chose LINC as his beneficiary. Introducing Superstar Cyclist Yvan Kaprielian 1. What was your favorite story or book as a […]

LINC is thrilled to partner with the biking community Mind Body Results (MBR) to transform the lives of NYC’s youngest readers in the 2021 TD Five Boro Bike Tour. These cyclists are social justice advocates and this Sunday, August 22, they will pedal 40 miles with purpose to benefit LINC. Get to know our team […]

We’re thrilled to introduce our dedicated and dynamic cyclist team for this year’s TD Five Boro Bike Tour. LINC is partnering with biking community Mind Body Results (MBR) to transform the lives of NYC’s youngest readers. MBR riders Tyrell Taylor, Taurean Coppin, Carnel Patterson, Mackenzie Wells, Atiba Grant, Tea Rose Pankey, and James Lee Buckley […]

Bilingual Education and Multicultural Books Publisher, Lil Libros Awards LINC with Abundant Early Literacy Resources When the bilingual education and multicultural books publisher Lil Libros asked their social media community to recommend an exemplary non-profit organization that would benefit from their products, LINC was thrilled to hear that our organization had been nominated. We were […]

LINC Celebrates National Summer Learning Day with a Bilingual Program Featuring Renowned Children’s Author Mitali Perkins on the Joys of Living in Between “I think we should all be between cultures. Cross borders with your children while they’re young. Make friends with someone who doesn’t speak your language – be such good friends with them […]

The world’s largest urban bike ride is back, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour will take place on Sunday, August 22, 2021 and Literacy Inc. (LINC) has been selected as a beneficiary of this iconic fundraising event. Ride with us and help bring the joy of reading to more little New Yorkers. Organized by Bike […]

On June 17, 2021, LINC participated in our third Virtual Service Day with ViacomCBS in which volunteer employees recorded and submitted 23 bilingual videos to add to our read aloud library. Through LINC’s Read Aloud Video Project, LINC led an orientation via Zoom and provided volunteers with a toolkit that walked them through choosing “just […]

NYC Reads Expands to East Harlem Building on the success of the Reads Initiative in South Jamaica and East New York, and with the generous support of The Pinkerton Foundation and The Carmel Hill Fund, LINC is leading a 9-month planning phase to launch East Harlem Reads. Expanding in East Harlem includes welcoming the New […]

This month, LINC arrived at a major milestone: over this past year of virtual programming, we have engaged with 1000 families across our literacy neighborhoods. We are awed and so proud of this incredible accomplishment, which is the result of our fantastic team and the resilience of our community of families. Fifteen months ago, we […]

Partnership to promote equity and inclusion for New York City families through distribution of free books. June 22, 2021 (Long Island City, NY) – Today, Fidelis Care, a health plan serving more than 2.3 million members across New York State and Literacy Inc. announced Diversity through Literacy, a timely initiative which brings diverse books and […]

LINC recognizes Juneteenth Independence Day–Emancipation Day–as a day of action and reflection. Our staff will take Friday off to engage in a weekend of individual or collective action in support of racial justice and to raise the visibility and importance of Black History towards the pursuit of racial and education justice. Here is how we […]

“LINC trabaja con padres y comunidades para abordar la crisis de alfabetización y todas las injusticias que resultan de eso—todo para construir una sociedad más equitativa y un futuro más habitable. Los padres se apasionan ayudando a sus niños a ser exitosos; les mostramos formas probadas y veraces para que la alfabetización sea visible y […]

Thank you to all who attended and supported our 25th Anniversary celebration. We are still basking in the glow of support and warm messages from LINC’s extended community of incredible friends and supporters. Our community showed up in significant ways to support generations of readers who become leaders! Perla Montas, LINC alumna and Brown University […]

Do you know the difference between a fixed and growth mindset? Whether or not we realize it, most of us adopt a mindset early in our development that affects the entire trajectory of our lives. A fixed mindset sees the world as unchangeable, while a growth mindset sees our potential and increases our capacity for […]

On April 22, 2021, LINC’s Professional Advisory Council (PAC) hosted their second Virtual Trivia Night fundraiser. The PAC came together with their friends and family to spread awareness about LINC, and to recognize World Book Day. Guests were invited to tap into a curated playlist through Spotify and were also provided with a recipe for […]

Thanks to LINC’s continued partnership with the Saint Barnabas Hospital WIC program, the Fordham community held another successful virtual reading event on Tuesday, April 27. This time, Julia Danced the Bomba and so did we as guest author and storyteller Dr. Raquel Ortiz brought an Afro-Latino musical tradition to life. Engaging community stakeholders is at […]

LINC is proud to announce that we have two new members on our young professionals board, the Professional Advisory Council (PAC). We are pleased to introduce Hedy Gutfreund and Richard Offutt! Welcome to LINC, Hedy and Richard! It’s your energy and enthusiasm that helps fuel our movement to increase visibility of the literacy crisis in […]

LINC’s collective impact work continues to evolve and embrace the digital space. In April, the Reads Initiative unveiled a new website and launched a social media campaign to connect more families to our network. The campaign resulted in thousands of digital engagements and 100 commitments to our new community movement, the Reads Initiative Pledge. Families […]

Dear Councilmember: The New York City Council’s response to the Preliminary Budget paid attention to the complex needs we face together. Thank you for meeting the immediate demands of the pandemic’s impact on our communities. Because New York City is in the midst of a literacy crisis and the impact of early childhood programming is […]

“Daddy Changed the World” — Gianna Floyd Those words, coming from a six year old child whose father was brutally murdered by one of the very people charged with protecting her family, can give all of America hope that we will and we must work together to achieve a better society. At Literacy, Inc. (LINC), […]