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Right to Read
June 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
$8.00
FILM + Q&A on Juneteenth
Oakland NAACP activist Kareem Weaver battles for better reading instruction, filing a petition with the school district to combat low literacy rates and address a critical civil rights issue.
When a child can’t read, their chances of incarceration, homelessness, and unemployment increase. That’s why Oakland-based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver believes literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction. “What good is winning the right to vote if we can’t even read the ballot?” Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, Kareem files a petition with the Oakland Unified School District demanding change.
Join us for a Q&A after the screening!
