The Jane Addams Peace Association deeply honors and supports the Black Lives Matter movement and protests. Our vision of ‘a future where people actively work to dismantle injustices and build a more peaceful, equitable world’ is unfolding today! The work will be ongoing. Below find the voices of educators, authors, and activists of color from whom we can listen and learn regarding children’s literature at this time of transformative change.
- #31DaysIBPOC
- A Year of Thursdays
- American Indians in Children’s Literature
- Anansesem
- Booktoss
- Brown Bookshelf
- Crazy QuiltEdi
- Cuatrogatos Foundation
- De Colores
- Disability in KidLit
- Hijabi Librarians
- Indigo’s Bookshelf: Voices of Native Youth
- Latinxs in KidLit
- Medal on My Mind
- OurStory (from We Need Diverse Books)
- Oyate
- Research on Diversity in Youth Literature
- Rich in Color
- See What We See: Social Justice Books
- Teaching For Change
- Vamos a Leer
- We Need Diverse Books
- We’re The People Reading Lists
- YA Pride
(Thank you to Reading While White for compiling this list of own voices resources.)
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