Tag: First Book

First Book and Ashoka Join Forces with Swiss Haute Horlogerie Manufacturer Audemars Piguet to Launch Initiative to Inspire Youth as Changemakers

Stuart Mitchell

First Book, the largest online community of educators serving kids in poverty, and Ashoka, the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs, today announced the launch of Time For Change: Dream, Act, Change Our World, an initiative designed to further educational equity through changemaking, made possible by Audemars Piguet. The initiative kicks off this month with a new resource for educators that introduces changemaking and suggests actionable and practical ways to inspire and support students to become changemakers for their schools and their communities. Time For Change will launch in…

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First Book Launches 2nd Annual #GiveaMillion Fundraiser

Stuart Mitchell

First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education, has announced that it has launched its second annual #GiveAMillion campaign designed to raise $1 million between now and December 31st to get 1 million new, high-quality books to the children that need them most this holiday season. For the one in six children in the US living in poverty, the leading indicators of a child’s education success – book ownership and a print-rich environment – are hard to come by.  For example, a study found that…

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Pizza Hut and First Book Launch Collection of Antiracism Resources for Educators

Stuart Mitchell

Pizza Hut and First Book has announced the launch of Empowering Educators – a collection of resources developed to provide educators with guidance and actionable steps to create equitable learning environments and navigate conversations about race and racism. They unveiled the initiative during a virtual event, “Empowering Educators: A Convening on Racial Equity in Education,” hosted by American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center. The timely launch of these resources comes as the nation seeks to address issues of systemic racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented additional unprecedented…

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Penguin Random House Donates 750,000 Books To First Book, Fueling Efforts To Support Children In Need Affected By The Coronavirus

Stuart Mitchell

Penguin Random House, as part of READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER (#ReadTogetherBeTogether), a movement launched by the U.S. children’s divisions of Penguin Random House, Penguin Young Readers and Random House Children’s Books, in partnership with Meredith Corporation’s PARENTS, has donated 750,000 books to First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to equal access to quality education. The donation was made to meet the urgent need expressed by educators coping with school closures as a result of COVID-19. More than 6,000 educators in the First Book Network, who are still working to…

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vineyard vines Kicks Off Whales For A Cause Campaign In Partnership With Simon & Schuster And First Book

Stuart Mitchell

vineyard vines has announced the debut of their annual Whales for a Cause campaign. In partnership with renowned publisher Simon & Schuster and First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to educational equality, the campaign will provide brand new books to kids in need. To participate, people are encouraged to put their creative spin on vineyard vines iconic whales. The whales can be collected in-store or downloaded at vineyardvines.com, colored in and then shared on social media with the hashtag #WhalesForACause through October 21. For each hashtag shared a book…

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