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Alvin Irby is a CNN Hero !
Our Founder, Alvin Irby, has been chosen to be a CNN Hero! CNN Heroes is a year-round initiative that honors everyday people for their selfless, creative efforts to make the world a better place. Alvin is being honored for building little libraries in hundreds of barbershops to help young boys find the fun in reading. … Continued
We made it to the Discovery Round of the VITAL Prize Challenge! 🎉
We are excited to announce that Barbershop Books’ Reading So Lit Program has advanced to the Discovery Round of the VITAL Prize Challenge! The VITAL Prize Challenge is a multiphase challenge that supports teams developing learning technologies to build K-12 learning innovations for adoption nationwide. This $6 million prize challenge, administered by Digital Promise, is … Continued
