On Thursday, September 18, 2014, the NAACP in partnership with WE tv will host \u201cConcert for a Cause: A Night to Support Childhood Literacy\u201d in Cramton Auditorium at Howard University. The concert will amplify the urgent need to increase grade-level reading proficiency within communities of color. WE tv stars and musical artists \u201cSWV \u2013 Sisters With Voices,\u201d along with solo artists Erica Campbell of the gospel group \u201cMary Mary\u201d and Traci Braxton, star of WE tv\u2019s \u201cBraxton Family Values\u201d series, will perform. Special guests, including North Carolina Congressman G.K. Butterfield and NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks, will be in attendance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NAACP is excited to partner with WE tv to host such a creative and important event,\u201d states Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President and CEO. \u201cOur goal is to cultivate a generation of young people committed to reading as studies show that children who begin reading at an early age are more likely to excel in school and in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to support the NAACP\u2019s childhood literacy initiative through this special one-night concert at such a historic University,\u201d said Marc Juris, WE tv\u2019s president.\u00a0 \u201cThrough popular shows like SWV Reunited, Mary Mary and Braxton Family Values WE tv gives a voice to African American women who are leaders in their communities and role models for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
This concert is part of \u201cNAACP Reads,\u201d an NAACP public awareness campaign with the support of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The campaign aims to reinforce the importance of early literacy development and increase third grade-level reading proficiency for African American and low-income students.<\/p>\n
When:<\/strong> 5:30 p.m. Red Carpet<\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. Concert<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong> The event is free to the public, but there are no more tickets available.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, September 18, 2014, the NAACP in partnership with WE tv will host \u201cConcert for a Cause: A Night to Support Childhood Literacy\u201d in Cramton Auditorium at Howard University. …","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nThursday, September 18<\/p>\n
\nCramton Auditorium
\nHoward University
\n2455 6th Street NW
\nWashington, D.C.<\/p>\n