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 We're back for Year 7 of Lit·e·race·y! Thank you for your continued support in making this possible year after year!
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 Lit·e·race·y is a back-to-school fundraiser running August 1st through 30th. The goal is to raise money to buy books written &amp; illustrated by Black &amp; brown authors from local Black-owned bookstores for teachers to provide their students. By doing so, we empower our youth and expose students to diverse stories to start conversations about race &amp; history at an earlier age all while supporting local businesses and underrepresented authors! The fight to end racism will take generations and conversations, we can start a conversation. At the very base of it: Representation matters.
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 In the last six years, we raised over $20, 000 and DONATED 1,780 BOOKS to 275+ classrooms across 12 states!! Can we reach even more kids this year?? Let's keep growing! We've supported 350 diverse authors and 15 small black-owned businesses in the process.
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 How can you help?
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 TELL THE TEACHERS IN YOUR LIFE TO SIGN UP FOR FREE BOOKS via <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXtCpe-hlywltxWfOEY8hiAAXVxJMREmm8Soy7yi72XcdvfA/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">THIS LINK</a>!!
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 Last year's recipients can sign up again; there will be enough to go around to all!
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 ADOPT A CLASSROOM!
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 Brown v Board of Education ended segregation in schools only 72 years ago, but did not end racism in education &amp; literature. This is how we continue to fight where textbooks stop. With a $72 donation, you can guarantee a classroom at least 4 brand new books!
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 How I came up with this idea...
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 My best friend is a fourth-grade teacher and posted about a reading program on race &amp; inclusivity she created for her students in summer of 2020. She was going to buy all these books herself when I realized that teachers give enough of themselves and their wallets for their students. It is also OUR responsibility to educate future generations in our community and make society less racist and hateful than when we entered it.
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 Why Black and brown authors?
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 According to research conducted by the University of Wisconsin...
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 Only 28% of all children's books published in 2018 had Black, LatinX, Native American, or Asian characters.
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 Less than 22% of all children's books in 2018 were written by Black, LatinX, Native American or Asian authors.
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 Why Black-owned Bookstores?
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 Systemic racism has created a racial wealth gap, making it harder for Black families to create generational wealth. "White average wealth is 6.7 times greater than Black average wealth."
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 THANK YOU for your donation and commitment to being anti-racist. This is just one of many ways we show Black voices, Black stories, and Black Lives Matter. Please share on social media and spread the word to help us make the largest impact we can on future generations! In the past years, we've also started sharing voices of Palestinian authors. No one is free until we're all free.
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 **Have a teacher you would like to support? Tell them to fill out the form above and put their name in your donation comment!**
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 Have a book recommendation by a Black or brown author? Email me! literaceyfundraiser at gmail
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 Not only will these be donated to classrooms, we'll create an age-based book list for everyone!
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 A link to all accounting information, books donated &amp; recommended, and amount of teachers supported will be listed on our Linktree! Last year's information is available at Literacey's Website! <a href="https://linktr.ee/literacey" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><a href="https://linktr.ee/literacey" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://linktr.ee/literacey</a></a>
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