Black Experiences (For Black History Month)

It’s February! Black History Month! I planned this storytime with the intent of giving a nod to Black history, but also wanted to look to Black joy and futures. So I did a little of both and called my theme “Black Experiences.” I looked to the book below, Let’s Talk About Race in Storytimes byContinue reading “Black Experiences (For Black History Month)”

Racial Equity Book Club Kits

So, a while back I wrote the majority of a grant for our library from the Indiana Humanities and was succesful. The grant was to promote racial equity after the murder of George Floyd. We decided to write the grant to fund the creation of storytime and bookclub kits. We ended up with 7 newContinue reading “Racial Equity Book Club Kits”

Let’s Talk About Racism and Bias Booklist

With everything going on and our current political climate, racism, prejudice, implicit bias, and microaggressions are more rampant than they’ve ever been. Or maybe that’s my privilege showing that I’m only noticing it more now. We’re all privileged in some way or another, so why not self-reflect and see if we can use those privilegesContinue reading “Let’s Talk About Racism and Bias Booklist”