Barbara Bush Foundation Makes Big Push for Literacy

In honor of the former first lady’s 100th birthday year, the foundation this week launched the yearlong Barbara Bush Centennial campaign.

Former First Lady Barbara Bush (White House Photo Office, courtesy George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)

When Barbara Bush decided to advocate for family literacy it was a choice the former first lady knew would help empower people to overcome their own adverse circumstances. Only six years after her death, that vision has sharpened as research shows a persisting literacy crisis across the country.

In what will be Barbara Bush’s 100th birthday year in 2025, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Wednesday launched a yearlong campaign, the Barbara Bush Centennial, Celebration of Reading event at the Lotos Club in New York City where Lauren Bush Lauren, founder and CEO of FEED and granddaughter of Barbara Bush interviewed actor, model and author Brooke Shields about her forthcoming book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old.