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Chris McGilvery

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A conversation with Chris McGilvery, founder and executive director of the Leaders Readers Network (LRN) and a Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University. A long-time educator who came to Amarillo after stints in central Texas, New York State, and the Caribbean island of Dominica, McGilvery started his nonprofit to help improve literacy programming in local school districts. He tells host Jason Boyett how the grassroots LRN ensures equitable education and literacy for all students. This episode is supported by the AC Creative Mind Lecture Series featuring Skip Hollandsworth, the TEXAS Outdoor Musical and Wieck Realty.

A conversation with Chris McGilvery, founder and executive director of the <a href="https://theleadersreadersnetwork.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leaders Readers Network</a> (LRN) and a Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University. A long-time educator who came to Amarillo after stints in central Texas, New York State, and the Caribbean island of Dominica, McGilvery started his nonprofit to help improve literacy programming in local school districts. He tells host Jason Boyett how the grassroots LRN ensures equitable education and literacy for all students. This episode is supported by the <a href="https://www.actx.edu/stories/acs-creative-mind-lecture-features-noted-texas-author-skip-hollandsworth" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">AC Creative Mind Lecture Series featuring Skip Hollandsworth</a>, the <a href="https://www.texas-show.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TEXAS Outdoor Musical</a> and <a href="https://www.wieckrealty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wieck Realty</a>.

This week we sat down with Chris McGilvery, founder of Leaders Readers Network.  Chris has a passion for early childhood literacy and the organization he founded is working to increase children’s access to books and mastery of reading.  In 2021, Leaders Readers Network focused on children’s books that celebrated the diversity of children and was featured in a New York Times article, read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/neediest-cases/bringing-books-to-children-that-speak-their-language.html   To learn more about Leaders Readers Network, GO HERE 

This week we sat down with Chris McGilvery, founder of Leaders Readers Network.  Chris has a passion for early childhood literacy and the organization he founded is working to increase children’s access to books and mastery of reading.  In 2021, Leaders Readers Network focused on children’s books that celebrated the diversity of children and was featured in a New York Times article, read more here: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/neediest-cases/bringing-books-to-children-that-speak-their-language.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/neediest-cases/bringing-books-to-children-that-speak-their-language.html</a> To learn more about Leaders Readers Network, <a href="https://theleadersreadersnetwork.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">GO HERE</a>