{"id":27165,"date":"2026-04-08T10:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/?p=27165"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:53:38","slug":"join-ubbcp-on-april-11th-the-state-of-literacy-in-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/join-ubbcp-on-april-11th-the-state-of-literacy-in-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Join UBBCP on April 11th: The State of Literacy in Our Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27166\" src=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Women-Gather-II-2-wo-background.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Literacy for Liberation: Building Literacy in our Community<\/strong> &#8211; Ensuring that our children are equipped with essential literacy skills, reading, comprehension, and writing is a collective responsibility, one that directly determines not only their future, but the future of the community itself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our children cannot wait. Act now to access the tools and resources needed to become a stronger literacy advocate and help secure the education they deserve to thrive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Panelists include local children&#8217;s educational experts and advocates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Maria Searcy<\/strong>, PA Parent-In-Education Consultant<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Camille Byrd<\/strong>, Community Parent<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cynthia Battle<\/strong>, Taarifa Readers and Storytellers<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shallegra Moye<\/strong>, Director of Education Enrichment &amp; Transition Programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come out and hear what the experts have to say about saving our children. They are also there to answer your questions and discuss your concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literacy for Liberation: Building Literacy in our Community &#8211; Ensuring that our children are equipped with essential literacy skills, reading, comprehension, and writing is a collective responsibility, one that directly determines not only their future, but the future of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/join-ubbcp-on-april-11th-the-state-of-literacy-in-our-community\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":["2026-04-12 00:00"],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":["to_drafts"],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 17:20:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27167,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27165\/revisions\/27167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}