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Literacy As Revolution: Voices of Haitian Authors

  • CCCADI 120 East 125th Street New York, NY, 10035 United States (map)

CCCADI celebrates National Literacy Month with a spotlight on Haitian authors!

Join us in collaboration with the Harlem Book Fair and Riverchild Media for a full-day symposium featuring authors:

You’re welcome to join us for one or all of the day’s conversations as we delve into themes of identity, lineage and Black literature as a form of revolution. Each author will be in dialogue with a guest moderator. 

Bookseller Loc’d and Lit will also host a pop-up marketplace featuring all authors’ books.

Schedule of the Day: 

  • 10 AM: Doors Open 

  • 10:30 - 11:30 AM: Author Edwidge Danticat  in conversation with Francesca Momplaisir

  • Noon - 1 PM: Author Roxane Gay  in conversation with Ibi Zoboi 

  • 1:30 - 2:30 PM: Author Mildred Antenor in conversation with Peggy Samedi 

  • 3 - 4 PM: Author Dr. Solanges Vivens in conversation with Dina Simon Leroy 

As CCCADI continues its Lakay se Lakay theme, paying homage to the legacy of Haiti, the first independent Black nation in the world, this program offers attendees opportunities throughout the day to explore our current exhibition BYENVENI featuring the works of 11 Haitian Diasporic artists. 

Continue exploring authors of the Diaspora by taking a look at last season’s We Lit authors and content. www.cccadi.org/welit

All events are subject to change.

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