Reading Partners is a nonprofit organization that engages community volunteers to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. We seek to create a more equitable future, one where every child in Newark has the support they deserve to become strong readers and lifelong learners.
We’ve partnered with several community organizations to recruit and coach volunteers, support students during and outside of tutoring sessions, work on capacity-building projects, and so much more.
Meet our team
Clara Monk is the community engagement director (Eastern Regions) at Reading Partners supporting volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and engagement efforts for Reading Partners’ Minnesota, South Carolina, Mid-Atlantic, and Newark regions. Prior to this role, she was the national community engagement manager and community engagement manager for the New York region and has been at Reading Partners since 2020. Clara is a graduate of the FAO Schwarz Fellowship in Social Impact and holds a master’s in Public Administration from the Marxe School at Baruch College and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Education from Columbia University. Clara is based in Brooklyn, New York.
AmeriCorps members
Jefferson Pereira, literacy intervention AmeriCorps member
Erica Harrison, community engagement AmeriCorps member