The Right to Read Film Screening and Discussion Panel

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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. (Synopsis taken from Right to Read website: https://www.therighttoreadfilm.org/

This session will meet on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in the VCU University Commons Theatre, located at 907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284. Doors will open at 6:30 and the film will begin at 7. The discussion panel will begin at 8:15.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Ruth Harris Student Worker at wright7@vcu.edu.

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