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To all those who have supported Stockton2020, we thank you. We are proud and excited to officially announce our transition to a 501c3 non-profit corporation. In honor of our new status as the first youth-based non-profit in our area, we would like to invite you to the first Stockton2020 Milestone Celebration held in the lobby […]

Life is a learning process…even when you turn 70! Alferd Williams was illiterate all of his life, but after watching Alesia Hamilton’s class through the door after taking his grandchildren to school, Williams eventually got up the nerve to ask her to teach him to read.
It just goes to show that it doesn’t matter how […]

Due to the repair worked needed on the Troke Branch Library’s roof, most ofthe libraries collections and computers will be temporarily moved to Weberstown Mall. Since the most successful libraries are located in areas of high foot traffic, we look forward to what this opportunity will bring. Council Member Susan Eggmen cordially remarked, “”Perhaps people […]

The cultural transformation Stockton is waiting for will take place when our youngest citizens are equipped with the tools of transformation. Salinas is doing exactly this by handing each student in the nearby school district of 7,400 a library card. In our world , the library card represents more than access to fanciful tales of […]

Some people question the value and usage of libraries by the youth of today’s society; this article from CNN shows that, despite their web addiction, teenagers utilize libraries more often than the adult population. This proves that libraries are not a lost cause, but rather a fundamental and educational foothold for America’s youth.

Here are […]

The Stockton Record published an article today that gave Stockton the dubious honor of being America’s Least Literate City. The full article can be found here. Here are a few excerpts from the article:
“…For the third year in a row, Stockton ranks last in a Central Connecticut State University study of literacy in U.S. cities […]

Libraries Losing Teens
Study Shows Teens’ Technology Use Is Surging
Nearly 16 percent never visit school, public libraries
By Brian Kenney and Lauren Barack — School Library Journal, 1/1/2006
Nearly 16 percent of teens don’t visit their public or school libraries, according to a recent joint study by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and SmartGirl.org, […]

Today will be shooting our first trailer. If you want to partake, we are meeting up at Java Aroma on Grand Canal at 1 o’clock. Cody Wittlinger, our film producer will be leading the crew.
Cody can be contacted at:
film.lcl@stockton2020.org
209/323.2042