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From Intellectual Deserts to Cultures of Literacy | Amy Friedman | TEDxRiNo

3,093 views · Published 15 May 2015 · 13:38 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Amy Friedman shares an array of moving statistics on literacy rates among under privileged children in the United States. She asks that we consider intellectual deserts the same way we strive to eradicate food deserts and encourages us to reimagine them into rich learning environments that promote literacy and learning.

As President & CEO of Book Trust, Amy Friedman has made it her mission to inspire a passion for reading among under-privileged youth. Book Trust is a national non-profit literacy organization empowering children from low-income families to become life-long readers, and cultivates increased literacy skills and learning. Friedman, with a background in the Denver Public School system, where she began her career as an English as a Second Language classroom teacher, spent several years in various key leadership roles until she joined Book Trust in 2011. Since taking over as President & CEO, Book Trust has nearly doubled its footprint across the nation. Today the organization serves 36,000 students in 15 states and has put over 3.5 million books in the hands and homes of kids in need. 

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