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Ms. Roman from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Diversity and Inclusion Library

Help me give my students books and resources focused on diversity and inclusion.

  • $319 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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.

My Project

My students come from so many different cultural, economic, and familial backgrounds. They care so deeply about one another and oftentimes are asking to learn more about each other's lives; the beauties and struggles alike of their lived experiences. However, there is minimal chance for them to learn about each other's differences and it has been even harder for individuals that identify as LGBTQ.

This project is focused on beginning a diversity and inclusion library at my school in which the students are able to read and learn about a character that is like them and a character that is not.

This library will focus on marginalized populations and bringing their voices to life and educating others on all the wonderful backgrounds that should be celebrated each and every day. It will assist in the beginning stages of finding and cultivating an all-encompassing and all-inclusive library with diverse stories and characters that each student will be able to see a piece of themselves. Won't you help my students feel seen?

Ms. Roman
Grades 6-8
  • Bridge Middle School
  • Chicago, IL
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 50 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diverse Stories (7 books) • AKJ Education $53.55 1 $53.55
Diverse Stories (8 books) • AKJ Education $49.60 1 $49.60
Niño • AKJ Education $17.99 1 $17.99
When I Was Puerto Rican • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $14.56 1 $14.56
I Am Malala • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Eight Days • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love Saturdays y domingos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Who Was Harvey Milk? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$237.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$271.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.82

Total project goal

$318.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$318.82

3 Donors

-$298.82

Donations toward project cost

-$254.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.82

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

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$0.00

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