Burgen Young

Literacy Minnesota

Literacy Minnesota began in a church basement in 1972 when a group of women realized if one person taught someone to read, and that person taught someone to read, they could create a movement. Today, Literacy Minnesota has grown to include 6 learning centers; thousands of tutors trained per year; tens of thousands of curriculum downloads per month; AmeriCorps members working on literacy initiatives across the state; and a digital-literacy learning platform, Northstar, that is utilized in all 50 states and 6 countries. Literacy Minnesota is now recognized as a local and national leader and a driving force behind the latest developments in literacy learning. We continue to build a movement of learners, educators, literacy advocates and organizations in pursuit of a world where life-changing learning is within everyone's reach.