Addie Jones

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A handwritten cardboard donation box in San Pablo Café & Librería in Santa Cruz, Bolivia reads “un lector hoy, un líder mañana." A reader today, a leader tomorrow. "We have book clubs with more than 30 people each," said an anonymous employee. "There are people who even get turned away and have to wait for the next one. There is a reading community in Bolivia." Bolivia has experienced one of the most dramatic literacy transformations of any nation in the Western hemisphere.

“We put the potential of philanthropy in the hands of community leaders. We support early-stage, community-rooted organizations with funds, knowledge, and access to not just decision makers but decision making.

Eight actors transform TheatreSquared (T2) into an entire town — 65 characters of Bedford Falls — forcing audiences to reckon with the ripple effects of a single life through this adaptation of a classic holiday story.