Community Activism

LIFEREAD…Volunteer Tutoring Initiative

Ohio’s 2023 assessments indicated 38% of students were not proficient in reading. Among economically disadvantaged students, 55% were not proficient in English language arts… 21% of adults in the U.S. are illiterate (2022), 54% of adults have literacy below sixth grade level, 45 million are illiterate and read below the fifth-grade level,,,