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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.76,0:00:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cancer, heart disease, diabetes -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.14,0:00:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are considered some of the most\Nserious issues facing our planet today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.71,0:00:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and justifiably so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.51,0:00:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the International Agency\N[for Research on Cancer],
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.46,0:00:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over eight million people\Nare claimed each year due to cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The World Health Organization\Nreports that heart disease -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leading cause of death\Nworldwide annually -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,touches 17.3 million people each year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.96,0:00:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The WHO also reports
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.16,0:00:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an estimated 422 million people\Nworldwide, including myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.29,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live with diabetes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.23,0:00:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what affliction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.71,0:00:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affects an estimated\None billion people across the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.48,0:01:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approximately 1/7\Nof the world's entire population?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.06,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Illiteracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.27,0:01:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not to undermine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the importance of funding and research\Nfor these other afflictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.75,0:01:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's to highlight the seriousness\Nand importance of illiteracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.74,0:01:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if it was a health issue\Nwould be deemed an epidemic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.56,0:01:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unlike these other issues\Nthat currently do not have cures,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.98,0:01:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illiteracy does.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.02,0:01:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Illiteracy is not a social\Nor societal or cultural defect;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.73,0:01:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the lack of ability to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.95,0:01:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a solvable problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.74,0:01:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is illiteracy? How is it defined?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.55,0:01:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many forms of literacy:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.76,0:01:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer literacy, health literacy,\Nfinancial literacy, and others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.79,0:01:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the sake of today's conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.54,0:01:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to talk about\Nwhat a bulk of the population thinks of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.66,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they hear the word "illiteracy" -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.47,0:01:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basic inability to understand\Nor produce written information.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us that make\Nour ways through life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.31,0:01:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off of sight words, images,\Njust being able to sign our name,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.38,0:01:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those folks are functionally illiterate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.61,0:02:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as vaccines help to eliminate and stop\Nthe spread of disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.68,0:02:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literacy can help us eliminate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.86,0:02:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop the spread\Nof hunger, poverty, and crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.88,0:02:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the tool necessary\Nto break those harsh social cycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.33,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The data is telling and troublesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.74,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students who exit fourth grade\Nwithout being able to read proficiently
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.60,0:02:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a 78% chance of not ever catching up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.45,0:02:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90% of welfare recipients are\Neither high school dropouts or illiterate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.18,0:02:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,85% of individuals that interface\Nwith a juvenile court system
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.33,0:02:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are either functionally illiterate\Nor don't read with proficiency.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.06,0:02:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one factor can so drastically shape
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.15,0:02:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person's chance of success,\Nearning potential, health, and well-being
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.62,0:02:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while helping to break the cycle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.60,0:02:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to daily poverty\Nand struggle like literacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.59,0:02:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are countless examples
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.27,0:02:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how literacy has impacted a life\Nor changed a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.24,0:03:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm going to share one of the ones\Nthat I'm at least the most familiar with -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.05,0:03:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.41,0:03:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first a quick survey.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.85,0:03:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for some, the questions\Ncan feel personal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.77,0:03:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you choose not to participate,\Nthere's no judgment here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how many of us when we were growing up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were on some kind\Nof government assistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.67,0:03:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that was food stamps\Nor Section 8 housing?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.91,0:03:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of us came from a home\Nof either single parent or divorce?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.40,0:03:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of us\Nwhen we were in grade school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.41,0:03:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were on free or reduced lunch?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.79,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The data tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.79,0:03:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that about 82% of students
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.62,0:03:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are eligible\Nfor free and reduced lunch
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.15,0:03:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't read at proficiency, at grade level.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.97,0:03:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three out of four food stamp recipients\Nperform at the lowest literacy levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.83,0:03:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had all of these factors\Nin my childhood;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.21,0:03:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, I'm the least likely person\Nto be standing before you today
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.77,0:03:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an authority on literacy\Nand education initiatives,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.39,0:03:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing as how I barely\Ngraduated high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.01,0:03:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're may be like "Whoa, T!\NI just heard your intro.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.68,0:03:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were the Texas librarian of the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.63,0:04:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a master's degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.92,0:04:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You frequently speak\Non children's literacy and literature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.68,0:04:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're articulate\Nand well-dressed and handsome."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.48,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how many will get in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.82,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My journey begins not far\Nfrom where you sit today -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.77,0:04:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the booming metropolis of Lubbock Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.24,0:04:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is neither handsome nor well-dressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.20,0:04:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.78,0:04:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were we all that bad in the '90s\Nor was I just so off-base?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.92,0:04:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is with\Nthe suspenders and the belt?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.58,0:04:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where were my pants going that I was\Nso concerned that I needed both?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.64,0:04:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.30,0:04:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's on a fade, thankfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.53,0:04:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother, she grew up\Nin a small farming community
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.21,0:04:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,southwest of Lubbock, called Meadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.75,0:04:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had a very stable upbringing,\Nmy grandfather ran the cotton gin there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.80,0:04:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had stability - three square meals\Na day, a roof over her head.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.48,0:04:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She graduated high school\Nbut didn't finish college,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.48,0:04:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ended up marrying my father\Nand having me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.59,0:05:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think trouble was always brewing\Nunder the surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.06,0:05:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I was seven,\Nmy parents divorced and my father left.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.10,0:05:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see or hear from my father\Nfrom 1986 until his death, in 2007.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.28,0:05:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother - God rest her soul,\Nshe passed in 2014 -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.44,0:05:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she did the best she could,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.73,0:05:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with no higher education,\Nit was difficult to be the breadwinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.20,0:05:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she was gone a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.34,0:05:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working, trying to keep a roof\Nover our head and food on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.32,0:05:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with no siblings,\NI was home alone a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.86,0:05:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where my struggles began.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.25,0:05:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grades began to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.10,0:05:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was passable, barely more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.11,0:05:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I acted out, was the class clown,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.43,0:05:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, after years of counseling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.01,0:05:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know was just my way\Nof trying to get attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.17,0:05:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of time\Nrunning with the wrong kind of crowd,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.33,0:05:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing things young men ought not do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.86,0:05:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a lot of detention in study hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.44,0:05:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for me, staying after school\Nfor detention in study hall
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.27,0:05:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was better than going home\Nto an empty house.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.37,0:05:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And detention in study hall\Nhappened to be in the school library.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.53,0:05:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was an adequate reader,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't help your street cred
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.34,0:06:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be seen carrying the newest\NBaby-Sitters Club or Goosebumps book.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.54,0:06:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.77,0:06:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the library was a safe,\Ncomfortable environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.42,0:06:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where my transformation began.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.59,0:06:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we can all identify\Nat least one teacher or educator
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.39,0:06:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had a great impact on our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.77,0:06:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, one of those
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.65,0:06:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the librarian at Bowie\NElementary School in Lubbock, Texas -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.64,0:06:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Ray.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.63,0:06:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now while all of the other teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.30,0:06:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were sending me to the office\Nor putting me in a corner -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.97,0:06:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not that I blame them,\Nbecause I was a pill -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.06,0:06:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Ray engaged me in a meaningful way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.45,0:06:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me about this award for books
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.15,0:06:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the children of Texas\Ngot to vote on the winner.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.32,0:06:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was called the Texas Bluebonnet Award,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.30,0:06:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all you had to do to be eligible
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.12,0:06:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was read five of this list\Nof 20 books, and that was it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, the idea that I could help decide
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.92,0:06:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the best children's book\Nin Texas was just by reading
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.32,0:06:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was magical.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.84,0:06:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just five - of course I read all 20.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.62,0:07:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting in tutorials anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.35,0:07:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I'm sure Miss Ray
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.80,0:07:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have preferred me to work\Non my schoolwork and improve my grades,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.13,0:07:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was transfixed by the idea\Nof belonging to something,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.82,0:07:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a part of something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.08,0:07:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, when I was reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.59,0:07:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it didn't matter that I was on food stamps\Nor that my father had abandoned me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.06,0:07:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that all my friends knew\NI was on free lunch at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.03,0:07:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changed me and helped me to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.89,0:07:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my life had all the opportunity\Nthat I was willing to take advantage of.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.82,0:07:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I never did become a good student,\Nand I did barely graduate high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.44,0:07:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of Miss Ray,\NI had the foundational skill of reading
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.78,0:07:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that serves as a key\Nto unlock upward mobility for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.56,0:07:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where Miss Ray is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.22,0:07:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where she is\Nor what she's doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.37,0:07:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've never been able\Nto appropriately thank her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.83,0:07:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hope that my life in literacy\Nis suitable thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.37,0:07:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional education is important,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.76,0:07:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but reading is the foundation upon which\Nall other essential skills are built.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.23,0:08:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an example
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.23,0:08:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the transformative power\Nthat literacy can have on your life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.19,0:08:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help to break the harsh social cycles\Nwe sometimes find ourselves in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.90,0:08:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A third of all children born into poverty\Nwill stay there through adulthood,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.23,0:08:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of Miss Ray and many others\Nalong the way that took an interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.14,0:08:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a part of that statistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.12,0:08:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this is why schools and libraries
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.53,0:08:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be cathedrals,\Nbeacons of light on the highest hill,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.10,0:08:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proclaiming to all that here\Nis where you change your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.59,0:08:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here is where meaningful,\Nimpactful progress is made.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.73,0:08:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Librarians and teachers should be lauded\Nfor the work they're doing -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.96,0:08:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educating our children and trying\Nto make the world a better place
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.29,0:08:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through education.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.74,0:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The investment in the intellectual\Ndevelopment of our children
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.14,0:08:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not a nice-to-have,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.81,0:08:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a must have.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.84,0:08:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ability to read\Nis a fundamental human right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.06,0:08:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like access to clean\Ndrinking water or health care.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.06,0:09:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its impact is every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.37,0:09:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,180 million children worldwide\Nwill never darken the door of a school,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.22,0:09:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if they can read,\Nthey stand a chance -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.83,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to make their lives better,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to make\Ntheir family lives better,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.05,0:09:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to impact their communities\Nor villages or cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.44,0:09:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're talking about impact,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.17,0:09:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest impact\Nis a child's access to books.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.94,0:09:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children that have books at home
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.31,0:09:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a greater indicator of future success\Nthan their parents' education level.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.81,0:09:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Middle-class-income households,\Na child to book ratio's about 1 to 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.16,0:09:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In low-income areas, that changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.03,0:09:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the age-appropriate book\Nis one for every 300 children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.100,0:09:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my challenge\Nfor all of us today is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to get books\Ninto the hands of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.82,0:09:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will make a difference,\Nwhere it will have an impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.67,0:09:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next time you're invited\Nto a birthday party,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.14,0:10:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of taking a toy\Nthat's going to break in a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.93,0:10:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.76,0:10:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stick a book in the stocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.51,0:10:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Support your local literacy initiatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.64,0:10:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Support your local public library.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.20,0:10:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I envision a world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.59,0:10:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children have access at home\Nto the same number of books
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.75,0:10:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is at least their age.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.54,0:10:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If every eight-year-old had access\Nto at least eight books at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.38,0:10:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every 13-year-old\Nhad 13, and 17 had 17,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.82,0:10:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you imagine the impact\Nthat that would have on their generation?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thereby future generations?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.54,0:10:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great Laura Bush -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.20,0:10:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh my, that is a handsome,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.61,0:10:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my lovely wife on the left\Nand then the legend,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.17,0:10:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mrs. Bush is there as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.13,0:10:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.69,0:10:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great Mrs. Bush,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.16,0:10:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is a librarian by profession\Nand a personal hero of mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.03,0:10:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once said that children who read\Nlearn two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.67,0:10:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, that reading is worthwhile,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.12,0:11:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but second, that they are worthwhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.31,0:11:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literacy is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.44,0:11:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literacy matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.65,0:11:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literacy can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.31,0:11:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever the question,\Nliteracy is the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.43,0:11:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.78,0:11:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)\N