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Old Tires Make New Libraries
Rise Up and Read has found a great solution for flexible seating to be used within the pop-up libraries by building chairs out of...

Jonathan Scheffer
Aug 14, 20241 min read
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"All we are looking for is a better life." (An article by MSF)
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/migration-americas-all-we-are-looking-better-life

Jonathan Scheffer
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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Power In Partnership! Interviews With Our Partners and Volunteers!
We could never do this alone! Fortunately, Rise Up & Read has found wonderful partners to support our mission in Mexico City, with the...

Jonathan Scheffer
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Taking It To The Streets... Bringing Books to Encampments in Mexico City.
Rise Up and Read hosted a pop up library to support literacy and attachment for Haitian migrants in tent cities in Mexico City. Hundreds...

Jonathan Scheffer
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Meet Melissa and Daniela
Graduate students in speech pathology, Â Melissa and Daniela, share their service learning project - and provide an excellent explanation...

Susanna Block
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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Solidarity Engineering Breaking Ground on the New Reynosa Library
Incredibly exciting! This tractor is the first step in making our dream of a safe space for children and their families to access books...
Jonathan Scheffer
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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Our Amazing Partners: Solidarity Engineering.
Meet the incredibly inspring founders of Solidarity Engineering - Erin Hughes, Christa Cook, and Chloe Rastatter. They met at the...

Susanna Block
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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