‘Read-in Chain’


Clockwise from top: Josiah Evans, 5, a student at West Side Christian Academy in Red Bank, gets help from Learn to Read instructor Jedisiah Velazquez during the International African American Read-In Chain on Feb. 2. Akin Gaddis, 9, listens as 12th District Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon reads during the Read-In Chain held at the school, which is housed at Calvary Baptist Church in Red Bank. Local businesswoman Gilda Rogers, one of the community members participating in the Read-In Chain, discusses a book with students. Clockwise from top: Josiah Evans, 5, a student at West Side Christian Academy in Red Bank, gets help from Learn to Read instructor Jedisiah Velazquez during the International African American Read-In Chain on Feb. 2. Akin Gaddis, 9, listens as 12th District Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon reads during the Read-In Chain held at the school, which is housed at Calvary Baptist Church in Red Bank. Local businesswoman Gilda Rogers, one of the community members participating in the Read-In Chain, discusses a book with students. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff