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Welcome to RIFSoCal

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RIF was recognized as the Most Trusted Brand and Brand of the Year in the Youth Non-Profit category in the 2024 Harris Poll EquiTrend Study

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This Is Why We Do What We Do!

Paramount HS and EHS First Motivational Reading Event.  www.voala.org
 

Carl Sagan Talks Abouth Books

MELROSE HEIGHTS 

MAGAZINE & TV

Carol Henault, the Executive Director of Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California, speaks with enthusiasm and a sense of delight as she describes her journey in the nonprofit world.

AMAZING ANSWER

Tell Me Another Story

Tell Me Another Story, is an inspiring 30-minute overview of diversity in children’s literature that highlights the dedication of intellectual and artistic giants, past and present, whose efforts have uplifted children’s literature, from W.E.B. Du Bois, Augusta Baker, Pura Belpré and Ezra Jack Keats, to Pat Cummings, Marley Dias, Grace Lin, Christopher Myers, and Andrea Davis Pinkney. It clarifies the enormous need for us to tell our children another, more inclusive story. This is a film you will want to share with your students, colleagues and friends.

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Watch Trailer & More Information or Watch Tell Me Another Story

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Produced by the EJK Foundation, in association with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection and The Office Performing Arts + Film Tell Me Another Story was directed by Damani Baker and edited by Jon Henry Fine, with original music by Meshell Ndegeocello.

 

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To promote literacy and motivate children to read by providing new books to create home libraries for underserved children in Southern California.

"I want to read with my family so they

could be better readers like me."

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Contact Information

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Carol Henault

Executive Director

carol.henault@rifsocal.org

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Oscar Cux

Program Service Manager

oscar.cux@rifsocal.org

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Raymond Gonis

Warehouse Manager

raymond.gonis@rifsocal.org

Reading Is FUNdamental
of Southern California

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7250 Bandini Boulevard, Suite 209
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Phone: 323-890-0876
FAX: 323-890-0875

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Dream with us! Reaching more than 40,000 children each year!
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