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. >> reporter: born into slavery, he fought in the civil war and later established allensworth, the first town in california covered entirely by black people. >> that is my inspiration to do what i am doing right now. >> reporter: he is teaching kids to read. in oakland, only 3 out of 10 black and brown children are reading above grade level. he is one of 100 tutors aiming to reverse a tradition vicious trajectory. >> i believe this is a game changer. >> reporter: they call themselves literacy liberators . a wero that fter job as a medical technician. she volunteers of one of the most underperforming schools in the city, but even her own third-grader an older sister can't read. >> i want to learn to help them how to read so they won't have an issue when they go into a different grade. >> we sound out words that are hard. we also blend them altogether. >> reporter: is it helping? >> yeah. >> reporter: the cofounder believes literacy programs targeting early learners through second grade is key by actively recruiting tutors. >> why was this is happening three years ago? >> that's a very goo

. >> reporter: he fought in the civil war and later established allensworth, the first town in californiad entirely by black people. >> that is my inspiration to do what i am doing right now. kidsto . in ond, ly ree ouof 10 brown children are reading at or above grade level. he is one of 100 tutors aiming to disrupt a vicious trajectory. >> i absolutely believe this is a game changer. >> reporter: they call themselves literacy liberators. a six week program will train them, including diana, she recently left her job as a medical technician. she volunteers at one of the most underperforming schools in the city. even her own third-grader and older sister can't read. >> i want to learn to help them how to read so they won't have an issue when they go into a different grade. >> we sound out words that are hard for me and we also blend them altogether. >> is it helping? >> yes >> reporter: the cofounder believes literacy programs targeting early learners through second grade is key by actively recruiting learners. >> why wasn't this happening three years ago ? >> that is a very good question,

we have evacuated two different communities here, allensworth and about 2,000 people had to be evacuatedr farm land is under two feet of water. we have over 10,000 acres or more currently that is under water. our farmers, ranchers, they're working hard, working 24 hours a day almost using heavy equipment trying to re-establish the levies and working with our state emergency services trying control the amount of water coming down out of the mound mountains and into the water ways. >> this is one of the biggest dairy farming areas in the entire country, so the impact could be profound. this second, what is your biggest challenge? >> obviously as sheriff my priority is for the protection of life. we want to make sure that we get everyone somewhere safe, that's what we have been able to accomplish so far. no one has lost human life, which we're thankful for. you mentioned our dairies. they're literally moving thousands of cows out of the area with trucks, trying to get them into areas of dry land, mostly areas outside of our county. there are thousands of cows that provide milk and dairy for

yeah they did they did it was at the time chelsea's record offer and john allensworth former arsenalyou know my last game at spurs for instance we played newcastle , we won five one, newcastle, we won five one, i scored celebrating in the players lounge at the end of the game and the then manager, peter reeves, calls me all of the players lounge and says to me, mickey, look, we've we've had an offer that we can't refuse. the chairman's accepted it and he's told me i felt terrible , oh, the told me i felt terrible, oh, the worst thing that ever. and he relayed this message to me that, look, you know, you can't say no, because if you say no, you won't be picked again, you know, pretty stuff , pretty for pretty vicious stuff, pretty for a guy, you know, nothing else but i knew i had a for love that. carries through to this very day. yeah it a lot to take and i swore i you know you talk money i actually swore that as i drove home the other not going to dictate to me. i'm not leaving. i'm not leaving. i love this club. i'm not leaving. it's all i've ever known of from school. i'm ten year

yeah they did they did it was at the time chelsea's record offer and john allensworth former arsenals you know my last game at spurs for instance we played newcastle, we won five one, i scored celebrating in the players lounge at the end of the game and the then manager, peter reeves, calls me all of the players lounge and says to me, mickey, look, we've we've had an offer that we can't refuse. the chairman's accepted it and he's told me i felt terrible , oh, the told me i felt terrible, oh, the worst thing that ever. and he relayed this message to me that, look, you know, you can't say no, because if you say no, you won't be picked again, you know, pretty stuff , pretty for pretty vicious stuff, pretty for a guy, you know, nothing else but i knew i had a for love that. carries through to this very day. yeah it a lot to take and i swore i you know you talk money i actually swore that as i drove home the other not going to dictate to me. i'm not leaving. i'm not leaving. i love this club. i'm not leaving. it's all i've ever known of from school. i'm ten years of age and then that meet