On Wednesday, February 3rd, LINC joined millions of readers, writers, and storytellers around the globe in raising our voices for the 12th annual World Read Aloud Day, making this year’s celebration the biggest one yet! At LINC, we could bear-ly contain our excitement during our Virtual Family Academy on World Read Aloud Day! Staten Island […]

Social justice is built on educational justice; educational justice is founded on literacy. The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th has left a dark imprint on our collective consciousness. It is a bleak strand in our country’s often difficult narrative. At LINC, we are devastated and saddened by these violent events and unequivocally […]

The holiday season is a time of giving gifts and giving service. Volunteers from ViacomCBS recently brought joy to LINC by giving their time to our Holiday Read Aloud Video Project. On Monday, December 7, 34 ViacomCBS volunteers signed onto a Zoom orientation where they learned how they could be of service by simply recording […]

The difficulties of 2020 have been inescapable. People living in the poorest New York City neighborhoods are dying from coronavirus at more than double the rate of others. There are far too many stories of hardship and sorrow. Despite every challenge, our commitment to defending children’s access to books and literacy is resolute. Here at […]

Marea Wilkes graduated from LINC’s Very Involved Parent (VIP) Academy in Spring 2018 and has remained an active parent since that time. Throughout the pandemic, Marea has helped reach out to families and regularly participates in LINC’s virtual programs. Marea’s son Nathaniel even led a successful virtual Reading Everywhere (RE) program after learning from his […]

On Friday, December 4, New York Times Best-Selling author of Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin joined LINC live for our #TacoBoutBooks online program and the audience was over the moon. With this quirky writer as our special guest you could feel the young readers’ enthusiasm bursting through the screen, making this one of our most […]

On Tuesday, November 17, LINC launched our 2020 Giving Tuesday campaign with a #TacoBoutBooks Fiesta! Chef Joey Campanaro of the Little Owl and LINC’s Giving Tuesday ambassador, author Adam Rubin, joined the LINC Board of Directors and over 100 guests to make tacos together! Chef Joey started off the night with a margarita recipe and […]

Our Giving Tuesday is kicking off with a live-cooking class, featuring Chef Joey Campanaro & author Adam Rubin, whose best-selling children’s book Dragon’s Love Tacos is our theme for Giving Tuesday. Reading is Culture. Reading is Comfort. We all need comfort now more than ever. Just like Dragons Love Tacos, Children Love Reading.  Reading is the starting point to […]

FIRE UP a love of READING and PUT BOOKS in the hands of children We’ve partnered again with Adam Rubin, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Dragons Love Tacos, for a special campaign that will have you #TacoBoutBooks just like dragons talk about tacos. Children’s futures are shaped by very early experiences. Little brains grow by as […]

Attention all readers! As we bid goodbye to the long days of summer and say hello to autumn’s falling leaves, LINC is partnering with Jumpstart to present the fifteenth annual Read for the Record campaign on Thursday, October 29th, 2020. This year, LINC’s virtual programs will be at the forefront of Jumpstart’s national literacy event […]

LINC is delighted to announce that Jordan Halpern-Leistner has joined our Board of Directors. Jordan is a Principal at Silver Lake, a leading global technology investment firm. He has spent his entire professional career at Silver Lake, initially joining the firm as an Analyst. Jordan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA […]

“Thank you Mr. Olbrys. We had a great time hearing your story and learning how to turn goals into actions and how to keep going in challenging times. Goal setting is now incorporated into our life.”– LINC virtual program attendee At LINC we believe wholeheartedly that literacy is essential for children to succeed in life, […]

Our LINC family continues to grow! We are delighted to announce our newest board member, Tracy Dockray, who has enriched the LINC brand with her beautiful illustrations. Tracy Dockray is an author and illustrator of children’s books as well as part-time librarian. For her, reading is her pleasure, profession and mission. It is no surprise […]

Every day that children do not read, they are losing ground. Children need to read just as surely as they need food and shelter, and books can provide a foundation for their future during these tumultuous times. At Literacy Inc. (LINC) we know that books are essential and we are eternally grateful to our champions […]

Thank you to the many families who knocked it out of the park at LINC’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game event on September 25th, 2020! In an afternoon jam-packed with thrilling baseball stories, activities, songs and sports cards, LINC families combined celebrating one of America’s favorite pastimes with literacy fun. At the center […]

Set a new running record and support LINC with RBC’s Global Virtual Race for the Kids. On your mark, get set…GO! LINC is gearing up for one of the biggest global family runs and charitable events of the season. This year’s RBC Race for the Kids will take place virtually on Saturday and Sunday, October […]

Literacy Inc. joins the world in mourning the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of gender equity. We are grateful for her work and legacy. As an attorney, Ruth Bader Ginsburg understood that discrimination based on gender violated the equal protection clause of the constitution and successfully argued that this was harmful […]

Mi Experiencia con LINC VIP Era el primer año de escuela de mi hijo Alan que con apenas 4 años comenzaba a vivir la gran aventura de la educación. Yo por supuesto estaba muy emocionada, así que estaba pendiente a cada cosa que sucedia en la escuela y cualquier actividad en la que pudiera participar. […]

Literacy Inc.’s Very Involved Parents (VIPs) are at the heart of the work we do promoting early childhood literacy throughout the five boroughs of New York City. On Friday, August 7, LINC held the 2020 Fordham VIP Summer Celebration to highlight the commitment of our VIPs in the Fordham neighborhood of The Bronx. Led by […]

Whether virtual or in person, it is that time of the year again–the time when we go back to school–and New York City families from all five boroughs are invited to celebrate with LINC. On Friday, August 21 at 10:00am, LINC is partnering with the renowned children’s book publisher, HarperCollins to hold its annual Back […]