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Since we launched in 2017, the core values that we use to guide our work have been joy, justice, and community. Thank you for joining us in promoting joyful reading experiences that center the stories, identities, and experiences of young people in our Bronx community and beyond.
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Join us for Reading/Race Session #5
on Thursday, January 21
Last week's terrorist attack on the Capitol gave us a glaring example of what white supremacy, white privilege, and white power look like in very real terms, but of course these forces are also at work in embedded and insidious ways throughout our society, including in our schools, classrooms, bookshelves, and curricula. Register now for our January session of Reading/Race to discuss this vital book with other educators and continue developing antiracist instructional practices.
Ground Zero tells the story of two young people years and oceans apart whose lives converge: one who is trapped in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and another whose Afghan village is caught in the crossfire during a battle between the Taliban and the U.S. Army on September 11, 2019. Young people will find this book gripping and illuminating, especially as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches.
The New York Times is offering high school students and teachers a free digital subscription through September 1, 2021. Teachers and administrators, follow this link to invite your students.
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