One good thing usually leads to another, and World Book Night led me to Roderick Red of Jackson Voices. The purpose of Jackson Voices is to put “the power of storytelling in the hands of Jackson residents with the goal of elevating voices not often heard, particularly within the African-American community.”

Roderick Red is one of ten Jackson correspondents and he found out about Sheila O’Flaherty, a regular on JATRAN, who was giving away books for World Book Night on April 23rd. As you’ll hear in the video, I met Sheila through World Book Night a couple of years ago and have always admired her love of reading and her desire to share it with others.

See Roderick’s full post here: Booklover Shares Reading with Fellow Bus Riders: A Video

Jackson Voices is a project of The Clarion Ledger and The Maynard Institute.

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