Community Literacy Journal Apr 2021 Open Access

Resisting the "COVID-19 Scramble" by Writing Towards Black Transnational Futures

Wideline Seraphin

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This case study demonstrates how a community-based literacy program, HELP, took up Black literate traditions, endarkened transnational feminism, and anticolonial practices to construct emancipatory literacy experiences for Haitian and Haitian American middle schoolers in Miami, Florida. Overall, the institutional practices of HELP worked to destigmatize the discourses of Haiti, center Black Haitian women's stories, and develop spiritual consciousness. Furthermore, this article discusses the "COVID-19 scramble" and its ability to detract from building socially just futures for Black transnational students. Lastly, the article ends with questions for consideration when confronting the cyclical violence of white supremacy in literacy programs.

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Community Literacy Journal
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2021-04-01
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10.25148/clj.15.1.009363
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