Our ALLMemphis team continues to grow! Help us welcome Beth Ambrose, our new training and curriculum specialist. She will work to ensure our curriculum and training materials help us expand our reach and meet the needs of schools, teachers and students.

Beth is a literacy advocate driven by the belief that access to education is a fundamental right. Her journey began in Memphis in 2016 when she pursued a master’s degree in urban education, where she quickly realized the impact of foundational literacy gaps. This led to her training in the Science of Reading and, ultimately, becoming a literacy instructional coach for seven years. She’s excited to continue actualizing ALLMemphis’ vision of a fully literate community by ensuring teachers receive meaningful and robust training.

School partner trainings are well underway, and our program specialists have so enjoyed seeing our partner teachers and their students back in the classroom. This year, we will continue learning, growing, and celebrating the power of a fully literate community!

Something’s brewing this September! We’re excited to host our annual Ales for ALL fundraiser Thursday, Sept. 28 from 5-8 p.m. Attendees' tickets include one free meal from StickEm Food Truck; one Mempop; one Wiseacre brew; access to a live performance by Andrew Cabigao; and the chance to learn more about the impactful work the ALLMemphis team is accomplishing for our city's educators and students.

New this year! We're offering kids' tickets, which include one kids meal from StickEm; one Mempop; and one kid-friendly beverage.

Thank you to our sponsors: Burch, Porter and Johnson; Mechanical Systems; iBank; Path Company; Central Printing; and Gina & Steven. If you know of an organization interested in sponsoring this year’s event, please email kjohnson@allmemphis.org.

We are proud to offer English Language Arts (ELA) instruction for kindergarten and first grade students this year. Three of our partner schools – Millington Municipal Schools, Believe Memphis Academy, and Memphis College Prep – are now using our ELA curriculum, which is under a Science of Reading framework. We look forward to continuing to expand this service offering in the years to come!