Former school teacher and Culture Books founder, Erica Denise, talks cultural awareness on Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio (https://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-turney-). Cultural awareness started to become a key focus of Erica’s after she relocated from Memphis to Chattanooga, Tennessee. While in Chattanooga, Erica discovered that she had a gift for working with youth, including youth who faced academic challenges. This discovery would springboard into a teaching career which spanned across several years.
Connecting Culture, Books and Community
During the Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio feature interview Erica is expected to get candid with Off The Shelf host, Denise Turney, an experienced interviewer and established book author. In addition to exploring the impact of cultural awareness on students, families and communities, Erica and Denise will discuss childhood literacy, the role that schools can play in teaching youth about their own and other cultures and the connection between indie bookstores and local communities.
At the heart of the feature interview is the work that Erica does through Culture Books, an organization that Erica founded a year before she retired from school teaching. About Culture Books, it’s said – “We are dedicated to bringing books of culture into high risk communities. We want to build literacy confidence through cultural storytelling events, cultural awareness, and a literacy program. “Bridging the gaps between literacy and culture.”
About Culture Books
Culture Books Literacy and Cultural Reading Program is a non-profit organization that has its roots in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The organization’s mission is to spread hope, academic excellence and compassion. They aim to help raise the literacy rates of America’s children. Belief that they can do this stems from the fact that they believe that one single, good action can make a difference.
Culture Books combines reading and cultural advocacy to make a better world for children. Listeners who tune into the interview, will learn about the various programs offered to children and youth through Culture Books. As with all Off The Shelf Books interviews, listeners will have the opportunity to get their questions answered live on air.
Off The Shelf Books Talk Radio
Off The Shelf (https://www.blogtalkradio.com/denise-turney-) airs live on Saturday at 11am/EST. The show’s host, Denise Turney, is the author of the books Long Walk Up, Portia, Spiral, Love Has Many Faces, Rosetta The Talent Show Queen, Running Toward Freedom, Awaken Blessings of Inner Love, Gada’s Glory and Gregory The Lionhearted. Her new book, Love Pour Over Me, is a coming of age romantic mystery.
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