Literacy in
Community
LINC works across New York, including all five NYC boroughs, to bring families and children together to joyfully read, learn, and grow.
Our Vision
LINC envisions a world where every community uses their collective power to make literacy a value and right of all children.
Our Mission
LINC equips children with foundational literacy skills essential for academic achievement by empowering families and mobilizing their community.
Our
Impact
LINC creates lasting change for the child, caregiver, and community:
See Our Results
Community Literacy Model
LINC connects our families with each other and with resources in their community to learn how to support their child’s development from before they are born to five years old and beyond.
Engage children when it matters most
An amazing 90% of a child’s brain development happens by age five! By surrounding our children with reading-friendly environments we help to build a foundation that will last a lifetime.
Empower families to unlock children’s potential
Parents and caregivers are a powerful force in shaping their children’s future. We work with families to help them become mentors for their children and leaders in their neighborhood.
Leverage the power of community
LINC works with partners in a community to nurture a culture of literacy in spaces all across a neighborhood, surrounding our families with support all year long.
A Word from a VIP
“ Thanks to LINC, reading has always been fun, a learning passport in my family. I am beyond grateful to be part of the LINC family. ”
Aneesa Brijlal
Very Involved Parent, South Jamaica
“ I tell my children they are superheroes because they speak two languages. They like this a lot and it motivates them to speak Spanish more. ”
Felicia Batista
Very Involved Parent, Fordham
A message 
from Our 
Founder
Our Beloved Founder,
Mimi Lieber
“Literacy is the basis for every kind of learning in the 21st century. Reading is the skill that makes everything else possible. Being sure every child becomes a good reader in time to become successful in school, and in life, has become an absolute necessity.”
-Mimi Levin Lieber, LINC Founder
