Programs & Resources

Explore our city-wide programs and a range of educational resources to learn more about what’s available in the City of Reading and surrounding areas.

Goggleworks

GoggleWorks has free admission and parking and is open to the public 9am-9pm daily. GoggleWorks operates in a former goggle factory and is composed of 145,000 square feet of creative space. GoggleWorks offers year round arts education, including workshops, classes, and visiting artists; community outreach programs; a summer residency; youth programs and camps; 35 on-site studio artists; the Albert and Eunice Boscov theater; three galleries for exhibitions; the Berks Launchbox maker space; and 16 educational spaces including studios-hot glass, wood, printmaking, warm glass, metals, ceramics, photography, and urban gardens.

Lighthouse Women & Children Center

LightHouse Women’s & Children’s Center provides temporary housing to women and children experiencing homelessness. Guests are offered a length of stay up to six months and are given the opportunity to get back on their feet in a peaceful environment that offers privacy, dignity and security.

I-LEAD

Established in February 2019, the I-LEAD Adult Education Center is unwavering in its commitment to the Reading community.

RIZE

RIZE is a youth arts non-profit organization that fosters the arts to promote a healthy lifestyle.

RIZE programs are geared toward solutions for social adversity, violence prevention, criminal justice reform initiatives through performing, media arts & violence prevention education.

Star City Boxing

Our goal is to impact youth & young adults and in turn have a positive & healthy impact on families in our community. We do this through physical fitness. Our programs start with an intro to boxing which teaches fitness, self discipline, respect, commitment, team building, and so much more.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them.

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Child abuse and neglect are serious public health problems that can have long-term impact on health, opportunity, and wellbeing. CDC works to understand the problems of child abuse and neglect and prevent them.

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is a significant public health problem and an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Child sexual abuse refers to the involvement of a child (person less than 18 years old) in sexual activity that violates the laws or social taboos of society.

Community Violence Prevention
Community violence happens between unrelated individuals, who may or may not know each other, generally outside the home. Examples include assaults or fights among groups and shootings in public places, such as schools and on the streets.

Firearm Violence Prevention
Firearm violence is a serious public health problem that impacts the health and safety of Americans. Important gaps remain in our knowledge about the problem and ways to prevent it.

Youth Violence
Youth violence is a significant public health problem that affects thousands of young people each day, and in turn, their families, schools, and communities. CDC works to understand the problem of violence experienced by youth and prevent it.

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