A pledge is a promise you keep. These are ours: from our foundation, our parents, our children, and our community. Read them. Then take yours.
"We pledge to disrupt literacy barriers and meet our children where they are. We will put books in every hand, fuel the Black Star Line to every block, and never turn a young reader away, because our youth are our legacy."
"I pledge to read with my child, to make room for books in our home, and to lead by example. I will celebrate every page turned and remind my child that reading is a superpower they already hold."
"I pledge to read, even just 20 minutes a day. I pledge to be curious, to ask questions, and to dream big. I am literate. I am educated. I am dope."
"We pledge to be the village. We will donate, volunteer, host a stop, and share a book. We will protect our children's right to read and lift every reader on our block, because when one of us rises, we all rise."
That's the promise behind every pledge on this page: we protect our children's right to read, and we crown them with it. "You may be the first, but make sure you're not the last," as Kamala Harris says, and every reader we lift lifts the next.
Be Literate. Be Educated. Be Dope. Join the village keeping Baltimore reading.
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