IndyECHO Community Library
LITERACY INIATIVE
"Once you learn to read you will be forever free.”
Fredrick Douglass
“In the 1820s, most Southern states outlawed teaching African Americans to read after abolitionist texts led to enslaved people’s resistance. Subsequent low literacy levels among Blacks in the antebellum South weren’t newsworthy. The fact that they persist today is.”
Colette Coleman, Journalist 11/3/2020
In partnership with TEMPELE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC, Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ and Black World Schoolers Mobile Bookstore, IndyECHO (Indy Eastside Holistic Outreach) has accepted the challenge to make a difference! Saturday, July 31, 2021, was the GRAND OPENING Indy E.C.H.O. Lending Library
IndyECHO Community Library currently has over 100 culturally relevant books to share with families within the Forest Manor, Brightwood, Martindale area. Our book selections, curated by Black World Schoolers Mobile Bookstore, are written primarily by African American authors about African American families, children, joys, experiences, adventures, history and triumphant, answering the call to demonstrate representation does indeed matters! And... It always has.
- Individual and Family Programs
- Participate in book care and responsibility discussion (first time participants)
- Learn how to check in/check out books
- Browse & make selection
- Enjoy literacy activities
- Read it. Love it. Return it.
- Come back for another book!
- Receive a “thank you” gift for returning your book
SUMMER READING BOOK CLUB
11:00am to 2:00pm
2nd & 4th Saturdays
3009 Forest Manor Ave, Indianapolis IN 46218
AUDIO STORYTIME
Indy ECHO OURstory Time
WISH LIST
Help Us Build our library inventory! We're growing our community library with additional culturally relevant, engaging books for all ages--and we need your support!
Click on the link below to view our WISH LIST curated by Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore and add a book (or two) which will continue the legacy to inspire, educate, empower and entertain.
Every book (or two) you donate will make a lasting impact in the hands of our youth and families. Together, let's continue this vibrant space for learning and connection!