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The Brookline Literacy Partnership, connecting communities book by book

This story speaks to the work of the Brookline Literacy Partnership better than anything anyone could write.  Simply put, the Brookline Literacy Partnership (BLP) is a Brookline High School based student-led social justice organization that provides literacy aid to students in underserved areas of Boston.  Our current partner school is the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester, a K-5 school of more than 600 students.  Of these 600 students, over 300 are learning English as a second language.  At Mather, the BLP builds library collections through our Library Development Program, provides one-on-one assistance to selected high-need students with our weekly Tutoring Program, and gifts books to students before summer and winter break with our Vacation Books Program.

Over the past three years, the BLP has collected 5,000 books, raised $25,000, and built a library at the Emerson Elementary School in Roxbury.  The BLP has instilled the power to make real change in dozens of high school students, and brought the joy of literacy and learning to hundreds of elementary students.  In the BLP, high school students, elementary school students, business owners, teachers, and community members work side by side, bringing communities together and overcoming barriers of language, neighborhood and privilege. Current partners include Temple Ohabei Shalom, the Brookline Hub, the Brookline Rotary Club, and the Brookline Elementary Schools.