Founded 2011 Location Vancouver, Washington | Founder Justin Stanley | |
Type Non-governmental organization Mission To end the cycle of poverty through literacy, encouraging underprivileged teens to read by enticing them with banned and challenged books. Website | ||
Uprise Books Project is a non-profit organization in the United States that provides banned books to underprivileged teenagers.
It was founded in 2011. It is based in Vancouver, Washington.
In November 2011, the organization raised USD $10,000 from a Kickstarter campaign.
In May 2013, the Uprise Books Project was selected as one of the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize winners.
References
Uprise Books Project Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA