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Need some 'Food for
Thought'? Approximately 3.7 million New
York City adults
cannot read beyond the 5th grade level. Literacy Partners, New York's only accredited adult literacy
program, is fighting adult illiteracy by providing free,
quality education to New Yorkers in need. Please support
Literacy Partners by attending one, two or all three of the
following luncheon events:
The
occasion: Food for Thought?
Authors on Reading
and Writing
Jeannette Walls ,
Author of the international sensation and
New York Times best-seller
The Glass Castle
and her latest book
Half Broke Horses, with a
special introduction by celebrated
journalist, author and
www.wowOwow.com columnist
Liz Smith
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 27,
2010, beginning at Noon
WHERE:
The Ballroom,
122
East 66th Street,
NY
PRICE:
$150
For ticket information, please visit
www.literacypartners.org
or call 646-237-0105
The first luncheon on
November 12 featured Jon
Meacham, Editor of
Newsweek and
author of Franklin and
Winston and
American Gospel, who discussed his Pulitzer
Prize-Winning best-seller,
American Lion.
Meacham regaled the audience with funny and fascinating
anecdotes about America's
seventh President, Andrew Jackson.
At the event,
Peter Brown,
Chairman of Literacy Partners, offered the luncheon's
opening remarks. Brown was joined at the event by Literacy
Partners Board Members
Parker Ladd, Katharine Raymond, Jacqueline Weld Drake,
Joannie Danielides, John Josephson, Mark Jackson
and Edwidge Thomas.
Yanna Avis, Mercedes Bass, Les Hinton and
Peggy Siegal were also in attendance.
About Literacy Partners: For
over 35 years, Literacy Partners has helped thousands of New
Yorkers learn the basic reading, writing and math skills
needed to succeed in day-to-day living. Through successful
collaborations with major corporations, community partners
and benefactors, Literacy Partners offers small, welcoming
classes taught by enthusiastic, highly trained volunteer
tutors. Literacy Partners is the only nationally accredited
adult literacy program serving New York City.
For more information, visit
www.literacypartners.org
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