Library to Launch “Ithaca Guys Read” with Reading by Luvelle Brown

Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with author and educator Alan Blankstein, will present “Ithaca Guys Read,” an effort to showcase the life-long impact of reading.

“Ithaca Guys Read” will feature an elite group of male readers who will share some of the stories that inspired their love of reading and literature.  It has been modeled after “Guys Read,” a web-based literacy project designed to help bridge the literacy gender gap by encouraging boys to become self-motivated readers.

This program will be held in the Library’s Thaler/Howell Programming Room from 2 to 3 p.m. each Saturday through April 4. 

February’s featured readers are:

• February 7, Dr. Luvelle Brown, superintendent of the Ithaca City School District 

• February 14, Micah Martorell, business lending assistant for Alternatives Federal Credit Union and president of the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County  

•   February 21, Eric Acree, director of Cornell University’s John Henrik Clarke Africana Library·        

•  February 28, J.R. Clairborne, community advocate and member of the City of Ithaca Common Council

Program partner Blankstein is an award-winning author and the founder of the HOPE Foundation, a not-for-profit organization committed to creating learning communities where student success is the only option.

“Ithaca Guys Read is free and open to boys and girls ages 3 through 10.  Each program will be followed by a craft and refreshments.

For more information, contact Sarah Glogowski, head of the Library’s Youth Services Department, at sglogowski@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 255.