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.

Our marketing partner for The Right to Read is Forsyth County for Grade-Level Reading. Please stay following the screening for a special panel discussion on the state of reading in Forsyth County featuring:

Dr. Effie McMillian- Chief Equity Officer, WSFCS
Dr. Paula Wilkins- Chief Academic Officer, WSFCS
Kelley Bendheim- Assistant Director of Early Literacy, Office of Early Learning, NC Department of Public Instruction
Sharlee Hainesworth- Director of Community-Based Research and Family Engagement, Action4Equity
Moderated by Esharan Monroe-Johnson, Executive Director of Love Literacy

The Forsyth County for Grade-Level Reading collaborative envisions a community where race and zip code do not determine a child’s outcomes, every child is fully supported, every school and community is fully funded, and economic mobility is expected and possible.  Forsyth County for Grade-Level Reading is a community-wide effort stewarded by Love Literacy to create and implement a plan that addresses the opportunity gap in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County and ensures all our students can read on grade level by the end of third grade.

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