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S6 E4: From the community, for the community: Grassroots organizing with Naomi Peña & Akeela Azcuy

From Science of Reading: The Podcast · Hosted by Susan Lambert

2022-10-19·2386

Episode summary

In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast: Community and education activist Naomi Peña and clinical psychologist Dr. Akeela Azcuy knew that, as moms of struggling readers themselves, they had the opportunity to advocate for not only their own children but all children.

Original publisher description

Community and education activist Naomi Peña and clinical psychologist Dr. Akeela Azcuy knew that, as moms of struggling readers themselves, they had the opportunity to advocate for not only their own children but all children. These two leaders and changemakers founded Literacy Academy Collective with the goal of one day creating a stand-alone New…