Available to stream: November 6, 2023 12:01 am - November 8, 2023 11:59 pm CST

THE RIGHT TO READ

THE GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR TIME
Presented by Oak Park Public Library
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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.

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