โShe would love this dayโ: Neil Bush says Barbara Bush would be โthrilledโ with just-announced Houston city literacy effort
HOUSTON โ Neil Bush, founder and co-chair of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, said his mom be โthrilledโ seeing that an effort to combat illiteracy among children and adults was announced in Houston on Tuesday. โSheโs been a passionate advocate for literacy just generally, but specifically for adult literacy. Adult literacy is critical for breaking the intergenerational cycle of low literacy and poverty in this city.โBarbara Bush died at the age of 92 in April 2018. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, along with the Mayorโs Office for Adult Literacy and the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, announced the joint initiative to increase adult literacy rates in the city with the opening of the Mayorโs Office for Adult Literacy. In addition to Turner, the newly-announced director of the Mayorโs Office for Adult Literacy Federico Salas-Isnardi spoke, as well as Bush, Cat Tramuto Tobin, manager at Deloitte.
Houston Newsmakers Mar. 20: Neil Bush on Fight Against Illiteracy and Donald Trump
โI will not support Donald Trump under any circumstances,โ proclaimed Neil Bush, the brother and son of two former Presidents. Bush is also co-founder and co-Director of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. ALSOJulie Baker Finck, Ph.D is the President of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall, every Sunday Morning at 10 a.m. right after Meet the Press on KPRC Channel 2. More Information:โข Neil Bush, Co-Director Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, www.bushhoustonliteracy.orgโข Julie Baker Finck Ph.D. , President, Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, www.bushhoustonliteracy.orgโข Ron Reynolds, State Representative District 27, 281-213-9554, 512-463-0494 www.ronreynolds.org