The Art of Volunteering
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The Art of Volunteering
Delores Connors, Total Equity Now
Educator, author, and volunteer Delores Connors speaks to the unspoken commitment individuals make when they volunteer.
Author of I Don’t Want to Go! and You See, Mom... Delores reflects on the challenges of children on the spectrum.
Delores helps to shine a light on the disproportionate equity of reading support in Harlem, advocating literacy through Total Equity Now (TEN). Schools without libraries and librarians are the catalyst for TEN to put books into the hands of young readers.
The social enterprise Write to Matter provides a vehicle to communicate support to individuals and families enduring the hardships of a loved one being incarcerated. Volunteers share compassion on Mother’s Day through distributing greeting cards designed to speak to the heart of the recipient. Write to Matter is also producing a reading project to bridge the divide between incarcerated fathers and their children. This project captures the voices of the fathers reading stories to their children.
Delores shares insights on family support when she volunteers, as well as sharing her greatest volunteering challenge.
Links:
Total Equity Now - www.totalequitynow.org
Write to Matter - www.facebook.com/write2matter
Delores Connors - www.deloresconnors.com
Transcript - www.heatheroaks.com/2022/04/30/delores_connors
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