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Chris Oxley reads from the book, Thank You, Omu! in the award-winning video that he directed and produced for WVPB s Read For The Record educational initiative.
WVPB has won a national award for community engagement from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), which honores public media achievements nationwide. The award was presented during its 2021 NETA Conference and CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Public Media Thought Leader Forum last week.
THANK YOU, OMU! read by the staff of West Virginia Public Broadcasting
The Community Engagement National Project Award was presented to WVPB virtually during The 52nd Annual Public Media Awards (PMAs). The winning initiative was a statewide education outreach program targeting early readers. WVPB employees, friends and volunteers – 200 people total – took one day, November 7, 2019, to read the same book to children in all 55 counties in West Virginia. They read Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora