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Literacy is the Foundation of a Revolution!: The Radical History of the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign
Friday July 4, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
TBA
This panel explores the radical history of Cuba’s 1961 Literacy Campaign as a socialist project aimed at mass education, national liberation, and anti-imperialism– ending illiteracy in just 124 days. We examine its grassroots mobilization, youth leadership, and its impact on global literacy movements and socialist thought.
Speakers
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Sohini Das

Sohini Das is a NYC-based community organizer, Bronx elementary art teacher, and PhD researcher committed to abolitionist education justice, anti-imperialism, and solidarity with the Cuban revolution.She organizes with Black, immigrant, and working-class NYC youth and families through... Read More →
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Yaania Bell

Born and raised in Harlem, NYC, Yaania Bell is an emerging documentarian and multimedia artist with a passion for community building and archiving. In high school, Yaania was a tutor and avid student organizer, co-founding the StudentsOfColorMatter coalition out of Fieldston circa... Read More →
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Kayla Wiliams

Kayla Williams is a Brooklyn-born organizer with roots in Jamaica,  dedicated to using her strategic and technical skills in the battle for justice, equity and liberation. As a core member of Rose from Concrete,  a Brooklyn based  mutual aid organization, Kayla serves as a partner... Read More →
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Shaquille Williams

Shaquille Williams is a researcher and educator from Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to social justice and equitable access to education and technology. Through Rose from the Concrete (RFC), he supports initiatives that drive sustainable development locally and globally.  Also a member... Read More →
Friday July 4, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
TBA
  Radical History

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