The Loving Literacy Community Fair will be a 1-day, 3-hour community event filled with children’s activities, food, entertainment, and book giveaways centered around the theme of literacy for young children and their families. It will be held on the grounds of United Evangelical Lutheran Church (formerly Trinity Lutheran, the church served by the Graetzes during the Montgomery Bus Boycott years).
The purpose of the Loving Literacy Community Fair is to:
Focus on literacy within the community—helping children see themselves as change agents of the future, igniting a love of reading and for creating social change
Showcase the Graetz Neighborhood of Montgomery, AL and its rich Civil Rights history—ensuring that history has a life that moves backward and forward
Honor the work of Rev. Robert and Jeannie Graetz and pick up the mantle—continuing their legacy
Especially in this age of book bans and attempts to dilute, distort, and erase the history of Black and Indigenous Americans and others, it is important to ensure that our children have opportunities to learn about and celebrate the Civil Rights history of the region, to continue to improve their literacy skills that will empower them for a lifetime, and to experience the powerful act of lifting their voices through spoken and written word, knowing that what they have to say matters and can change the world.
Please join us in making this a successful event! We appreciate the individuals and community organizations in Montgomery and beyond who have already offered their time, talents, and resources to make this happen, and we need you as well!
Here's how you can help:
Join us at the event on April 20th and bring your family and friends!
Help spread the word!
Volunteer on the day of the event
Help fund the event—No contribution is too small!
Your tax-deductible contribution will go toward new children's books to be given away at the fair (through New South Bookstore, who is providing a 20% discount on all books purchased for the Literacy Fair), children's activities, and refreshments/bottled water.
Contributions can be made by donating online at the link here or by check made out to:
Robert S. and Jean E. Graetz Foundation
1558 Dunbar St.
Montgomery, AL 36106
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