1. “The Growing Crisis of Food Insecurity in Arkansas: A Call to Action,” by Dr. Chris Jones
2. Arkansas Native & Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Founder, Patrick Oliver, Featured on C-Span to Celebrate National Literacy Month
September is National Literacy Month. Approximately 32 million adults in this country can’t read well. The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that 72% of the children of parents with low literacy skills will experience low literacy themselves. Today, as the number of adults—one in five—who are not functionally literate increases, the crisis intensifies. This was especially true during the pandemic. As Dr. John Agada, ALA’s Mellon-funded Center for the Future of Libraries senior fellow and inaugural researcher in its prospective Institute for the Study of Race in Libraries and Information Technologies, notes: In times of crisis, people marginalized because of race, income, and literacy face the “harshest outcomes.”
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3. UAMS College of Public Health Hosts Its Public Health Summit
4. Urban League of the State of Arkansas, Inc. Presents It’s A Young Professional Thing, “Let’s Talk Home Ownership”
5. Mayflower Police Department, The City of Mayflower, and Youth Advocate Resource Network, Inc. Host Its Active Shooter Training Program
6. Bethel A.M.E. Church Hosts Its Annual Women’s Day featuring Rev. Krystal McDonald, Online Campus Pastor, St. Mark Baptist Church
7. UA – Pulaski Tech Hosts Its Hispanic Heritage Panel Discussion – Latinos Leading Change Through Career and Culture
