WORDSAWAKE5! Set for February 21, 2026!
WordsAwake5! is a Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing When: Saturday, February 21, 9:00 am – 11:45 am Where: Annenberg Hall, Room 111 Carswell Hall, Wake Forest campus and via Zoom Webinar.
The CLE co-sponsored a community speaker event: “The State of Public Education in Winston-Salem: Challenges & Opportunities” on Friday, December 5, 2025
Closed for Democracy: How Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans took place on October 29, 2025.
Dr. Sally Nuamah presented her latest book, Closed for Democracy: How Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Closed for Democracy was the recipient of three 2023 American Political Science Association (APSA) Best Book awards, recipient of the W.E.B Dubois Distinguished book award and […]
Congratulations to Dr. Keri Epps and Dr. Rowie Kirby-Straker on their newly published book chapter co-created with Authoring Action and undergraduate student researchers
DAUNTING COMMUNITY LISTENING: Designing and Implementing a Community Listening Framework & Accountability Group for Undergraduate Students Their work demonstrates how intentional listening training transforms community partnerships—shifting students from a “fix-it” mentality to genuine reciprocity with community partners. Through their Community Listening […]
Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden spoke on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, in ZSR Library
The 2025 Resistencia Film Festival was held September 18th, 21st, 29th & October 9th
Resistencia Film Festival highlights Latin American & Latinx voices and culture in film. All film screenings were free and open to the community. September 18: The Fishbowl, 6pm, Wake Downtown September 21: The Dream of the Bear, 2pm, Una Bendición Community Center September 29: Helena from Sarayaku, 6pm, Forsyth […]
The 2025 Bookmarks Festival Closing Keynote: Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro – September 28th 3pm. Sponsored by the Center for Literacy Education
Bookmarks closed out the 20th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors with a keynote conversation from New York Times bestselling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro! The event was sponsored by the Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education.
Center for Literacy Education Sponsoring Teacher Professional Learning
The Center for Literacy Education is sponsoring a new teacher professional learning series. Using a lifelong learning approach through short enrichment courses taught by Wake Forest faculty and community experts, these non-credit bearing courses focus on meaningful professional learning around topics in literacy education designed […]
Languaging as an Act of Abolition, Liberation, and Joy, Thursday April 10, 4-5:15pm
Center for Literacy Education Hosted First Annual Visiting Scholars Speaker Series & Community Networking Conference
A Gun is Not Fun: Strategies to Keep Children Safe from Gun Violence The Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education hosted its first annual Visiting Scholars Speaker Series and Community Networking Conference on Monday, March 24, 2025. The event was free and open to the […]