Serving Philly’s reading heroes.

We’re an energetic team looking to inspire authentic connections and meaningful change across the early-literacy ecosystem.

 

Jenny Bogoni
Executive Director
bogonij@freelibrary.org

Julia Cadwallender
Managing Director
cadwallenderj@freelibrary.org

Simone Partridge
Director of Communications
partridges@freelibrary.org

 

Clinton Drees
Director of Community Engagement
dreesc@freelibrary.org

Terah Stivers
Partner Experience Manager
stiverst@freelibrary.org

Lauryn White
Operations Manager
whitel@freelibrary.org

 

Nancy Scharff
Instructional Strategies Consultant
scharff.nancy@gmail.com

Abby Thaker
Senior Advisor
thakera@freelibrary.org

 

How staff support Philly’s early literacy movement.

THE BACKBONE OF CHANGE

  • We connect and align diverse stakeholders to do more for more.

    ✓ Maintain Common Agenda that identifies a shared vision, principles, and strategies

    ✓ Facilitate working groups

    ✓ Host Annual Partner Network Meeting and special events

    ✓ Lead Funders Roundtable and distribute reports

    ✓ Hold new partner orientations and secure partner agreements

    ✓ Identify efficiencies and opportunities across the literacy ecosystem 

  • We learn and create best practices - from the field and with each other.

    ✓ Pilot co-created projects and initiatives

    ✓ Host Lunch & Learn series

    ✓ Curate relevant research, articles, and insights

    ✓ Distribute free resources to partners that engage families, mobilize communities, and drive systems toward literacy justice

  • We listen, reflect, and refine.

    ✓ Track and report progress of collective strategies and goals 

    ✓ Evaluate the impact of pilot projects and initiatives 

    ✓ Analyze and share Partner Experience Survey feedback

    ✓ Publish Annual Impact Report

  • We amplify Philly's early literacy movement.

    ✓ Share resources and stories to energize, advance, and celebrate

    ✓ Document collective efforts through photography

    ✓ Manage targeted family, community, and advocacy campaigns

This is more than a campaign, it’s a reading promise.