The 1619 Freedom School: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Sabrina Wesley-Nero
The 1619 Freedom School is a free community-based, after-school literacy program where students improve literacy skills and develop a love for reading through liberating instruction centered on Black American history. The 1619 Freedom School was founded in Waterloo, IA by Waterloo native Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. The 1619 Freedom School has partnered with educators from Georgetown University and the University of Missouri to design a literacy curriculum built around Black history, which will be available as an open sourced, free resource for communities across the country. The Program in Educational Transformation hosts Nikole Hannah-Jones and Dr. Sabrina Wesley-Nero, Director of the Program in Education, Inquiry & Justice, in conversation with Dr. Nadia Brown, Chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, for a discussion on the work of Black women for liberation in education.
This event is co-sponsored by the following organizations:
- Program in Educational Transformation
- Program in Education, Inquiry, and Justice
- Georgetown University Lecture Fund
- Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action
- Georgetown College
- Georgetown Women’s Alliance
- Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Department of African American Studies
This event will take place in-person on the Georgetown University campus and is only open to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. Seating in Gaston Hall is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and pre-registration does not guarantee a seat in the Hall. All attendees must either show a GUID and are required to wear a mask covering mouth and nose at all times.
The event will live-streamed one-time to registered attendees with valid Georgetown University credentials who are unable to attend in person. Livestream attendees must register for access and log in using their Georgetown University-issued Zoom credentials.
Any recording of this event is prohibited.
Please contact guevents@georgetown.edu with any questions about the event, and by 2/14 for accessibility requests.