Nora Vargas Vice Chair, First District San Diego Board of Supervisors Literacy Campaign: Connecting Communities through Literacy Agenda Item # 15 | March 16, 2021 #ConnectingCommunities ThroughLiteracy #ConectandoComunidades ATravesDe LaLiteratura Next week , Vice Chair Nora Vargas will be presenting the LITERACY CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BOOKS IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND BOOST CHILDHOOD READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING. Show your support by calling in your comme nts , submitting an e - comment , and sharing one of our graphics on your social media pages. Twitter Download graphic for Twitter here Twitter Download graphic for Twitter here Instagram/FB Download graphic for IG/FB here Instagram/FB Download graphic for IG/FB here Nora Vargas Supervisor, First Distric t San Diego Board of Supervisors SAMPLE TWEETS • English : In S D County, 560,000 adult s read at a 4th - grade level or less. I’m Proud to support @SupNoraVargas Literacy Campaig n to empower our communities through literacy #ConnectingCommunitiesThroughLiteracy • Spanish : En el Condado de SD , 560,000 adultos leen a un nivel de 4to grado o menos , es por eso que apoyo la Campaña de Literatura de @SupNoraVarga para empoderar a nuestras comunidades. #ConectandoComunidadesATravesDeLaLiteratura • English : In S D County, if a child is not reading at grade level by age 8 or 9, the odds of them catching up are 3 - 1 against them. Join me in support of @SupNoraVargas Literacy Campaign #ConnectingCommunitiesThroughLiteracy • Spanish : En el condado de San Diego, si un niño no está leyendo al nivel de su grado a los 8 o 9 años, las probabilidades de que se pongan al día son de 3 - 1 en su contra. Es por eso que apoyo a @SupNoraVargas y su Campaña de Literatura. #ConectandoComunidadesATravesDeLaLiteratu ra • English : In San Diego County, 60% of low - income children have no books at home. To provide more access to books and encourage at - home libraries, j oin us in support of @SupNoraVargas Literacy Campaign #ConnectingCommunitiesThroughLiteracy • Spanish : En el condado de San Diego, el 60% de los niños de hogares de bajos ingresos no tienen libros en casa. Para crear más acceso a libros, únase a nosotros en apoyo de la Campaña de Literatura de @ SupNoraVargas #ConectandoComunidadesATravesDeLaLiteratura • English : In the U.S., more than 36 million adults lack basic literacy skills. Let’s lower this number by supporting @SupNoraVargas Literacy Campaign: Connecting Communities Through Li iteracy. #ConnectingCommunit iesThroughLiteracy • Spanish : En Estados Unidos, mas de 36 millones de adultos carecen de habili dades de lectura. Tenemos la oportunidad de reducir ese numero apoyando la Campaña de Literatura de @ SupNoraVargas #ConectandoComunidadesATravesDeLaLiteratura Hashtag Bank: #ConnectingCommunitiesThroughLiteracy #ConectandoComunidadesATravesDeLaLiteratura #CommunityBookshelf #RaisingReaders #LiteracyMatters Vice Chair’s Handles: IG - @NoraVargasSD Twitter - @SupNoraVargas @NoraVargasSD Facebook - @SupNoraVargas Sample Email: From: Member, Organization Subject: Support Vice Chair Vargas’ Literacy Campaign: Connecting Communities through Literacy [Firstname], Beyond the public health impacts of the C OVID - 19 pandemic, student learning and reading levels have been disproportionately impacting families with children, parti cularly for the early grade levels where reading fundamentals are the foundation. The pandemic poses even greater challenges for our English learner students. There are fewer resources for teachers and parents; more challenges for families to access techno logy; and the support at home to access the technology and language and reading programs face bigger challenges. Agenda Item #15 L iteracy C ampaign t o I ncrease A ccess to B ooks in C ommunities of C olor and B oost C hildhood R eading C omprehension and W riting will foster communities and provide access to books and encourage at - home libraries, reading at home for students and their parents, and work with the appropriate stakeholders to reach communities of color and deploy the Little Libraries literacy ca mpaign. Please join us in support of this initiative on Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 by calling in your support or submitting an e - comment Additional Graphics: Download graphic here Download graphic here Download graphic here Download graphic here Download graphic here