A member of the San Francisco 49ers defensive line helps level the playing field to give underserved children a playbook for future success.
Welcome to"Storytime with Arik." Arik Armstead reads to hundreds of students at McKinley Elementary in San Francisco for Black History Month. It's his way of tackling literacy.
"It became like an anxiety-provoking thing for me, where I was scared to read out loud, didn't think I was smart enough, and took some extra work and people helping me," he described.In fact, second grader Nilah Hunt learned a lot from the storybook Armstead read about freedom."Freedom is for everyone, everywhere. That's a great answer," Armstead affirmed.
"I saw a big issue with educational equity in our country. I wanted to do everything I could do to solve that problem," Armstead explained. In fact, Arik has been the Niners' nominee for NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for the last three years for his outstanding community service. Each nominee receives $40,000 for their respective charity."He's humble, kind, down to earth. He's a true family man of great faith. He believes in giving back to the community," Hurst said.
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