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Inaugural Literacy Festival

Presented by UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center

November 21, 2009

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Join the Coachella Valley Literacy Network as it embarks on a journey to inspire and encourage youth and the community to read at the inaugural Literacy Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 21 at the Coachella Library. The theme of the festival is “Literacy Festival: Plantando Palabras, Cosechando Futuros (Planting Words, Harvesting Futures). Local literacy service providers will have informative and interactive booths, and the event will also feature free books, cultural entertainment and a guest appearance from award-winning author, distinguished poet, UCR creative writing professor Juan Felipe Herrera. Created by UCR PD, the Coachella Valley Literacy Network is comprised of various community literacy programs, the network is focused on increasing literacy rates and supporting and strengthening literacy efforts in the region. The festival is one of many ways the group is committed to promoting literacy in the valley. In addition to the Coachella Valley Literacy Network, co-sponsors for the festival include the Riverside County Library System, and First 5 Riverside. The Coachella Library is located at 1538 Seventh in Coachella. For more information about the Literacy Festival and the Literacy Network, please call Cristina Gregorio at 760-834-0954 or visit www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/literacy.