Help me give my students books and class sets in their school library that are recently published, culturally-relevant, written by and about people of color, to include all students and insure that representation in their library is guaranteed.
$4,603 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
When you are an Abe, you are part of the family, the Abe Nation. Our school has a tradition of pride and excellence as well as a tight-knit community.
We need to buy more culturally-relevant, "own voices" young-adult books to use for literacy work with our diverse student population.
Our school cultivates readers, curiosity and creativity in our community. Our Project Lit Abes Book Club of nearly 90 students and many other high school students want to be challenged and connected to others. By having access to books in which our students "see themselves" in books and conversely, books that help them understand others from different points of view, reading discussions and connections will grow.
My Project
Our high school is one of the oldest in our city and district. There have been many changes throughout the years. Unfortunately, our school library collection has not kept up with the times. The average publication dates of our library collection is older than our current students' parents. There are not enough culturally relevant, up to date books available for our students. We only have a small percentage of books written by authors who look like our students. One important key in motivating students to read is to provide books written in which they can "see themselves" and relate to the characters in the books they read. We want to provide books written about and by people of color, to insure that our students of color are able to see themselves in books. And for our students who are not of color, to encourage productive dialog, build understanding and empathy and build a better future for our students, our community and our country.
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