Learning Differences Awareness
10/28/2025
If you’re in the Hampton Roads Virginia area please attend the Virginia Council for Exceptional Children’s Conference November 5th through 7th where Emmy nominated actor and author Ameer Baraka will keynote!
Hope to see you there!
10/24/2025
If you’re at the International Dyslexia Association Conference today please come check out our session from 9:45 am to 11:45am in room Regency VI!!
Atlanta, please join us at the screening of Hopeville on Tuesday, 10/21.
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10/01/2025
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS OPEN 🎉
The 3rd Annual Black Literacy Matters® Conference is coming to Norfolk State University, March 11–14th, 2026.
Theme: BOOTS on the Ground: Reclaiming Literacy, Rewriting History
🎟️ Early Bird: $425 through November 1, 2025
What’s new this year:
🎬 Special screening of the documentary “SENTENCED.”
Keynote Speakers include: (4 More will be added)
Zaretta Hammond — Two-time bestselling author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain and Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice
Ameer Baraka — Emmy-nominated actor (Zatima, American Horror Story: Coven), author, co-founder of the Dyslexia Awareness Foundation, and internationally recognized dyslexia advocate
Kareem Weaver — Co-Founder & Executive Director of FULCRUM (Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate), award-winning educator and administrator, and Second Vice-President of the Oakland NAACP; featured in The Right to Read
Dr. Julie Washington — Professor of Education and Interim Dean at the University of California, Irvine; Speech-Language Pathologist and ASHA Fellow known for pioneering research on African American English, poverty, and literacy outcomes
Closeout Event: BOOTS on the Dance Floor Hoedown — Friday, March 13, 2026 | 7:00 PM–Midnight
Don’t delay—prices rise after November 1!
Register now: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/black-literacy-matters-conference-2026boots-on-the-ground-reclaiming-literacy-rewriting-history
09/28/2025
Call for Sponsors, Exhibitors & Advertisers — NOW OPEN
Join us Mar 11–13, 2026 at Norfolk State University (HBCU), Norfolk, VA for the 3rd Annual Black Literacy Matters® Conference.
Be a part of reclaiming literacy & rewriting history for Black students who are below basic in reading. Back evidence-aligned solutions with real impact.
👉🏾Apply here: https://forms.gle/ikA9cDFAqnwbRkoh7
or scan the QR on the graphic to register.
09/18/2025
09/15/2025
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