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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Let's teach about Africa! </SPAN><STRONG STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Pearl Dream</STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> invites families, teachers and writers to join a panel of experts in an open discussion on integrating African literature in education for children.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;"><STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Wednesday, 29th July 2015 </SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;"><STRONG>Time:</STRONG> 6:00pm - 8:00pm </SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;"><STRONG>Venue:</STRONG> Exhibit Room (124), Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York, </SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">160 Convent Ave (140th Street & Convent Ave)</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">New York, NY 10031</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">In light of events that happened over the past year, we believe that it is urgent time to talk about the importance of increasing representation of Africa in school curriculums and how to make it happen.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">We are the developers of <A HREF="http://www.wedreamafrica.com" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>DreamAfrica</STRONG></A> - a digital platform that connects African storytellers to children, parents and teachers all over the world. </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">We organize this discussion out of our deep passion for raising cultural and heritage awareness. </SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">#DreamAfrica #Time4Africa #AfricanLit</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><STRONG>Host and Moderator:</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><IMG TITLE="Host and Moderator" SRC="http://www.tedxlafayettecollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Torin.jpg" ALT="Torin Perez" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="200"></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">Torin Perez, TEDx speaker and Founding Partner of Globally Bold</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>Panelists:</STRONG><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN></P>
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D.)</EM></DIV> <DIV CLASS="sched-company" STYLE="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-top: 1%;"><EM STYLE="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; overflow: visible;">International and Transcultural Studies at Columbia University</EM></DIV> <DIV CLASS="sched-position" STYLE="font-size:13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-top: 1%;"><EM STYLE="font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; display: block; overflow: visible;"></EM></DIV> </EM> </DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center" CLASS="sched-speaker" STYLE="position: relative; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; overflow: visible; min-height: 270px; width: 200px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: -10px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px;"> <EM STYLE="border: 1px solid #f0ecec; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 5px;padding: 8px;"> <DIV CLASS="sched-avatar" STYLE="display: block;" ID="sched-speakers-list-item-2134379" DATA-ID="2134379" HREF="#" DATA="" TITLE="Jeet Samarth Raut"> <SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: middle; 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