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Literacy Advocacy Initiative

Literacy proficiency is the foundation of a person’s ability to contribute to a community’s economic and social stability.   Literacy proficiency encompasses a wide-range of factors which affect everyday life.  Everything from an individual’s capacity to read, fill out basic forms, understand the implications of media stories, use a computer, process basic math problems, or help a child with their homework is a function of that person’s level of literacy. 

The Shrine of the Black Madonna™ Cultural Center & Bookstore will be doing everything in its power to promote literacy & increase the awareness of programs & services in the community.  Literacy is a means to empowerment & transformation which are two of the Cultural Center’s core principles.