October 12, 2022
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The new Believe Literacy Lab is now open at Barack Obama Elementary School in the Normandy School Collaborative.
Photos courtesy Fatama Moorer, Parent Engagement Manager at Nine PBS
The new Believe Literacy Lab at Barack Obama Elementary School provides a space for young readers to build a love of literature By Wendy Todd A brightly decorated reading room with a mural by St. Louis-based artist Bill Williams of Black children reading books and encouraging those who enter to “believe” and “create,” now welcomes elementary students at the Barack Obama Elementary School in the Normandy School Collaborative. The Believe Literacy Lab was gifted by the St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature. It is the seventh literacy lab gift-
ed by the organization. The project, that was unveiled at a ceremony at the school on Sept. 29, was supported by community partners Nine PBS, The Noble Neighbor, Ready Readers and funded by the NIKE, Inc. Black Community Commitment grant initiative. The STLBACL was chosen as a 2022 grantee and received $50,000 to support its literacy program. Funds provided will support teacher training and a library of diverse titles. 90% of the characters or authors featured in the
reading space will be people of color. Julius B. Anthony, president of the St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature and The Believe Projects, is grateful for the partnerships that made this project possible and what it will mean to students. “As a proud recipient of a NIKE, Inc. Black Community Commitment grant, we’re thrilled to be part of a national movement of transformative change,” he said. “We are especially excited to have Nike as See ‘POWER’ page 2
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