✨ Throwback to 2022 when we made Lincoln Center loud for all the right reasons. @michaelkosta headlined with absolute fire, backed by a lineup that refused to miss: @zarnagarg, @khalidsays, @kate.willett, @reeezy, @alvinirby, and @shanetorres. #comedyevents #livecomedy

So, I’m at the @metmuseum for the last day of their Harlem Renaissance exhibit and there’s this 1934 self-portrait by painter Malvin Gray Johnson that shares an uncanny resemblance to @usabasketball olympian and @Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton. What do y’all think?

💥 Webinar Tomorrow! 💥 With the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Barbershop Books, Inc. partnered with Urban Libraries Council to pilot our early literacy-focused family and community engagement model. Register: https://t.co/q2fgl6TdCy

@alvinirby says If you're not reading, your power is limited @60SecDocs

@alvinirby says If you're not reading, your power is limited @60SecDocs

🌟 As communities around the United States celebrate Juneteenth, Barbershop Books Founder, @AlvinIrby, invites you to consider the historical context that produced this holiday. https://t.co/BrRmuZFNEe

⏳ Don't wait! Enroll your son in Reading So Lit Summer today. 🚀 Our innovative program offers interactive lessons, inspiring mentors, and fun activities that ignite a passion for reading. Session 1 begins July 8th – act now so he doesn't miss out! 🔗 https://t.co/wclVJaMsUv

The organization’s work, therefore, “is not just to help kids develop a love for reading, but to create the type of conditions and curate the type of content that cultivates Black boys’ reading identity.” https://t.co/MLjWm3WW5F

David was a nice, brilliant kid as my student and he is now a nice, brilliant young man. I’m honored to have been his first grade teacher. Us in 2008-09 and us at his @Columbia College graduation. He starting a PhD program in Astrophysics at @UofPenn in the fall.

Want to help kids love #reading? Check out this Q&A with Tools Competition winner @AlvinIrby of @BarbershopBooks and learn more about his partnership with the @NFL and accelerating reading achievement. More here:

This groundbreaking partnership with the @NFL and @LVCCLD is just the beginning! #HelpTheBabiesRead

Barbershop Books launched in Las Vegas during Super Bowl and the positive impact has been felt immediately.

This is the work. Cultivating the reading identity of Black boys, one Barbershop at a time.

At #SuperBowl2024 #SuperBowl Let’s go! Thanks @NFL @InspireChange for supporting @BarbershopBooks and making this moment possible.

This week to celebrate #SBLVIII, the NFL and Microsoft partnered with the Las Vegas-Clark County library district to launch the Barbershop Books literacy program. 📚 The event hosted local barbers and 150 kids from the local Boys & Girls clubs to read with NFL Legends and

🖍️ @AlvinIrby, #PublicVoices Fellow on Racial Justice in Early Childhood with @TheOpEdProject & @NBCDI, wrote a piece in @fulcrum_us reminding adults about the importance of silliness & potty humor in children’s stories and the effects of book-banning.

“Under the guise of ‘protecting children,’ adults increasingly interject their culture wars and personal preferences into education policy and book curation while the documented negative impacts of social media content goes unchecked.” https://t.co/vMhByUrCr4

In case you missed it, @BarbershopBooks appeared on the front page of @USATODAY. Here’s the story. https://t.co/muwNXjlOnU

2 days left to double your impact! Propel @BarbershopBooks forward in 2024 with a gift of any size. All donations received by Jan 5th will be matched 100% up to $50k. We’re less than $7K away, so every bit helps! https://t.co/otIB3rhse5

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