To learn to read is to light a fire;

							     To learn to read is to light a fire;
every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
                 – Victor Hugo
 Please join Literacy Action in
celebrating 40 years of igniting
  change through education.
In today’s highly technical world, literacy means so much more
than it did when Literacy Action was founded in 1968. However,
at its core, literacy is about access to information and the power
of communication. Join a distinguished panel of writers as they
discuss their views on the value and meaning of literacy in the 21st
Century.

The Writers for Readers panel is comprised of:
  •	 Stacey	 Abrams,	 State	 Representative	 and	 author	 of	 romantic	
     suspense novels
  •	 Maggie	Edson,	winner	of	the	1999	Pulitzer	Prize	in	Drama	for	
     her play “Wit”
  •	 Terry	Kay,	award-winning	novelist	and	screenwriter
  •	 Ferrol	Sams,	best-selling	novelist	and	author	of	8	books
  •	 Maria	Saporta,	columnist	at	the	Atlanta	Journal-Constitution

Valerie	Jackson,	host	of	NPR’s	“Between	the	Lines,”	will	moderate	
our author panel.

WSB-TV	 news	 anchor	 John	 Pruitt	 will	 serve	 as	 Master	 of	
Ceremonies.


Silent Auction

Silent	auction	items	include	signed	copies	of	best-selling	books	by	
authors	such	as	Pat	Conroy,	Bill	Cosby,	Alex	Haley,	Dallas	Hudgens,	
Anne	Rice,	Anne	Rivers	Siddons,	Alice	Walker,	Eudora	Welty	and	
many more.
   Literacy Action, Inc.
40th Anniversary Luncheon




11:30	am	Book	Signing	and	
       Silent	Auction
 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm
   Lunch	and	Program
  September	18th,	2008

  Atlanta History Center
130	West	Paces	Ferry	Road	
NW	Atlanta,	Georgia	30305

      Business	attire
HonorAry cHAirS
	 Ms.	Lisa	Borders		                Ms.	Ann	Cramer


event And HoSt committee
  Karen	E.	Bennett                  Pam	and	Cy	Malone
  Esther	Campi	and	Sri	Venkat       Christopher	S.	Miller,	Ph.D.
  Mary	Virginia	and	Peter	Coffman   Jo	Ann	Mustian
  Cecil and Amy Conlee              Ann	Pequigney
  Ada	Lee	and	Pete	Correll          Susan	and	David	Peterson
  Emily	Ellison	and	Chuck	Perry     Margaret	and	Robert	Reiser
  Mary	D.	Gellerstedt               Debby	Ruth
  Georgia-Pacific	Foundation        Cary and Herron Weems
  Vicki	and	William	Gordon          Sheila	Weidman-Farley	and	
  Dana	Halberg,	Larry	Pless	        Ed	Farley
  and	Family                        Sue	Weiland
  Laura Hardy                       Brooke	T.	and	Winston	Weinmann
  Bobbi	and	Charlie	Hurt            Carolyn and Andrew Young
      Literacy Action 40th
     Anniversary Luncheon                       click Here to regiSter online
          RSVP	Form
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  		_____		Tickets	($125	each)
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 For	corporate	sponsor	details	or	more	information,	please	contact	the	Literacy	Action	development	
                    department	404-818-7325	or	visit	www.literacyaction.org.