Tag Archives: The Cozy Reading Club
“Literacy permeates everything,” says J3 Foundation’s co-founder Joe Blackstone. Imagine staring at these words and not being able to decipher […more…]
Marcus Newsome is living the dream. A dream he didn’t even know was possible. Growing up in Compton, he never […more…]
The library of Watts Learning Center in Compton was lined with twinkle lights and colorful canopies hung over individual reading […more…]
Her eyelids grew heavy. She was irritable. The number of words on the page was overwhelming. This is what it […more…]
Kathy Macaraeg, a credentialed California teacher with a busy family, was looking for an opportunity, a place where she could […more…]
Imagine that you could invest $1,500 to prevent a house fire. Without that investment, the cost to rebuild this hypothetical […more…]
Exciting changes are happening in J3 Foundation’s Cozy Reading Club. The non-profit is expanding their free literacy program to reach […more…]
Diane Ausbon had every reason to drop fourth grader Jolonne from J3’s reading intervention program when he wouldn’t stop disrupting […more…]
One day after school in 2019, Arthur peeked into the library at Watts Learning Center, the elementary school where he […more…]
James Young, J3 Staff at Watts Learning Center welcomes J3 students as they step into the Cozy Reading Club, a […more…]
The first time Jolonne heard “I Am Every Good Thing” by Derrick Barnes in J3’s Cozy Reading Club, he was […more…]
More than 4,000 Angelenos stroll through Pick Pico’s Street Fair on a sunny spring Sunday. After a two-year hiatus, Pick […more…]
J3 Foundation understands the special and powerful relationship between teacher and student. That’s why this literacy non-profit empowers local […more…]
When author and illustrator Marcus Newsome was a kid, he saw lightning hit a telephone pole. And in a flash, Lightning […more…]
J3 Foundation and Bark Dogs are two non-profits that have joined forces to help children increase their reading skills and […more…]
Carron Brown knows her power and lives her purpose. She is the Vice President of Branding, Strategy, and Operations at […more…]
Adrian wakes up early while it’s still hushed and dark outside. Perfect. He tucks himself under the covers and flicks […more…]
The classroom lights are turned off. The blinds are drawn low. J3 Cozy Reading Club is about to start at […more…]
When the grim results of the National Assessment of Education Progress report came out, teachers across the country were not […more…]
Back in college, Joe Blackstone and his wife, Jamie Mohn, volunteered to read storybooks to elementary school kids. It was […more…]