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Better Toledo | The Right to Read Screening and Discussion

Sponsored by Human Relations Commission

Join for a community screening and conversation about the award-winning documentary, The Right to Read

The Right to Read shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. 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. The film screening will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q & A.  Our featured panelists are:

• Toledo Public Schools, Board Member: Sheena Barnes
• Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Youth Services Coordinator: Nancy Eames
• HOPE Toledo, President and CEO: John Jones

This event is sponsored by The City of Toledo Human Relations Commission as part of Better Toledo, a personal and professional development series to ensure “you will do better in Toledo.”

Certificates of completion are available to participants who take part in three or more sessions in 2024.

For group registrations please call 419-259-5293.