Our Goal: 1 Million Books
or Minutes Read
OUR STORY
A City that Reads…
A city that reads together grows together. That’s the purpose behind the Cleveland Reads Citywide Reading Challenge.
The goal is for the entire city to collectively read one million books and/or one million minutes in 2023. We’re encouraging all city residents to sign up online and to use the website throughout 2023 to log their books and the minutes they spend reading. Readers will win fabulous prizes and a lifetime of positive results.
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Organizers
120
Companies Challenges
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Neighborhood Ambassadors
1
City
WHAT WE DO
Cleveland Reads Honorary Chairs
Justin M. Bibb
City of Cleveland
Mayor
Blaine A. Griffin
Cleveland City Council
President
Chris Ronayne
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County Executive
Cleveland Reads Campaign Co-Chairs
Felton Thomas, Jr.
Cleveland Public Library
Executive Director, CEO
Connie Hill-Johnson
Cleveland Foundation Board
Chairperson
Thomas Dewey
Medical Mutual
Executive Vice President, Corporate Initiatives and Chief People Officer
Cleveland Reads Committee Chairs
Margret Bernstein
WKYC
Marketing
Charles Byrd
Cleveland Public Library
Programming
Dr. Shenise Johnson-Thomas
Cleveland Public Library
Finance/Sponsorship
Erica Marks
Cleveland Public Library
Programming
Tracy Martin
Cleveland Public Library
Finance/Sponsorship
Tana Peckham
Cleveland Public Library
Marketing
James Wagner
Cleveland Teacher’s Union
Outreach & Engagement
Jessica Walsh-Frazier
Kid’s Book Bank
Outreach & Engagement
Campaign Planning Partners
Thank you to the following organizations for helping to organize and execute the Cleveland READS campaign.
100 Black Men of Cleveland | American Federation of Teachers | Baldwin Wallace University | Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood | Cleveland Division of Police | Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center | Daily Dose of Reading | Facing History and Ourselves | Family Connections | Fifth Third Bank | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | iHeartMedia | Jewish Federation of Cleveland | The Literacy Cooperative | Literacy in the H.O.O.D. | Literacy Innovations LLC | Literary Cleveland | Medical Mutual | OverDrive | PNC | Reach Out & Read Greater Cleveland | Rhonda Crowder & Associates | Seeds of Literacy | United Way of Greater Cleveland | WKYC
Creative Support
Rhonda Crowder & Associates | Wayne Henry Design
Community Supporters
Molina Foundation | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Rhonda Crowder & Associates | Jewish Federation of Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art | Lighthouse Immersive | Mitchell’s Ice Cream | Greater Cleveland Partnership | Sea-Land Chemical Company | Kalahari Resorts | Popeye’s | Scholastic Education | iHeartMedia | Metropolitan Cleveland Alliance of Black School Educators