MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release: September 12, 2019
WHO: Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), local and national literacy experts and keynote speakers:
- Maggie Wade, WLBT news anchor
- Karen Mapp, Ed.D., Harvard University senior lecturer and faculty director of education policy and management master’s program
- Luis Versalles, PreK-12 district partnership director at Pacific Educational Group,
WHAT: Inaugural Mississippi Literacy Summit
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., September 13
8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., September 14
WHERE: Jackson Convention Center, 105 E. Pascagoula St., Jackson
More information: www.mdek12.org/LitSummit2019