NFL star Arik Armstead visited Sacramento on July 11 to promote literacy and educational equity during a summer reading celebration at Fortune School’s Hazel Mahone College Prep. The Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman and former Walter Payton Man of the Year joined students, families, and staff for a group read-aloud and shared his personal journey with reading.

The event was part of a five-week summer reading program from the Armstead Academic Project and Teach for America, in partnership with Fortune School. This program provides instruction based on the science of reading for rising first, second, and third graders.

Students at the event received free books from the Sacramento Public Library, and Armstead brought to life his new comic book, “Discovering My Superpower,” during a re

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