Help me give my students a rich collection of multicultural books to continue our celebration of diversity and empower our youth to be activists for social and racial justice.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Tran's classroom raised $1,176
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are curious about the world and eager to learn. They are from a culturally diverse urban community. They bring a special blend of linguistic diversity, background knowledge, prior experiences, and culture to our school. We are a Title I school in southeast San Francisco with a student demographic of predominantly colored children. Approximately 82% of our families are socioeconomically disadvantaged and 50% are English Language Learners.
Despite the challenges with the coronavirus pandemic and the current state of unrest with racial injustice, my students have risen to the challenge of distance learning and are thirsty for knowledge.
My Project
Children's books are one of the most powerful tools to engage with young children on important issues. Books open up discussion on big topics such as self-identity, race, and diversity. We live in a diverse world; our children are surrounded by people with different lives, experiences, and cultures. In order for our children to thrive, they need to be taught about people and cultures outside of their family. In addition to teaching kids about diversity, books are a source of mirrors and windows. They are mirrors for children to see themselves reflected in this world so that they can feel a sense of belonging, and windows to see outside of their own lives, to uncover their potential and recognize the humanity of other people.
This project provides books for my students to see themselves in, learn about people from different cultures, recognize injustices, and feel empowered to be an activist for social equity.
The books will be read aloud to students both during online sessions and in our classroom. Following book read-alouds and discussions, the students will work on activist projects to promote social justice. Our children are change agents; together with your support, we will make an impactful difference to our world.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia (Spanish and English Edition)
• Amazon Business
$19.95
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$19.95
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
• Amazon Business
$19.02
1
$19.02
Teach Your Dragon About Diversity: Train Your Dragon To Respect Diversity. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Diversity and Differences. (My Dragon Books)
• Amazon Business
$18.95
1
$18.95
Coretta Scott
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
I Believe I Can
• Amazon Business
$17.09
1
$17.09
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged /fxl
• Amazon Business
$17.06
1
$17.06
Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
When I Was Eight
• Amazon Business
$16.37
1
$16.37
Chocolate Me!
• AKJ Education
$16.19
1
$16.19
All Because You Matter
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
She Stood for Freedom
• AKJ Education
$16.19
1
$16.19
A is for Activist
• Amazon Business
$16.16
1
$16.16
Where Are You From?
• Amazon Business
$15.79
1
$15.79
We March
• Amazon Business
$15.29
1
$15.29
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
• AKJ Education
$15.29
1
$15.29
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
• Amazon Business
$14.89
1
$14.89
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
• Amazon Business
$14.76
1
$14.76
Malcolm Little
• AKJ Education
$14.59
1
$14.59
Brown Sugar Babe
• Amazon Business
$14.42
1
$14.42
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison)
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
Dreamers
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
The Day You Begin
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)
• Amazon Business
$13.84
1
$13.84
Separate Is Never Equal
• AKJ Education
$13.83
1
$13.83
Ada Twist, Scientist
• Amazon Business
$13.79
1
$13.79
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (A Big Words Book)
• Amazon Business
$13.68
1
$13.68
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice)
• Amazon Business
$13.59
1
$13.59
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
• Amazon Business
$13.59
1
$13.59
I Am Enough
• Amazon Business
$13.28
1
$13.28
Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America
• Amazon Business
$13.27
1
$13.27
Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America
• Amazon Business
$13.27
1
$13.27
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$13.18
1
$13.18
Sulwe
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The Youngest Marcher
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The Other Side
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
Henry's Freedom Box
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
Islandborn
• Amazon Business
$12.84
1
$12.84
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
• Amazon Business
$12.39
1
$12.39
Alma and How She Got Her Name
• Amazon Business
$12.30
1
$12.30
My Hair is a Garden
• Amazon Business
$12.23
1
$12.23
Mae Among the Stars
• Amazon Business
$12.07
1
$12.07
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books)
• Amazon Business
$11.97
1
$11.97
Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not a Number (English and Ojibwa Edition)
• Amazon Business
$11.86
1
$11.86
Let the Children March
• Amazon Business
$11.86
1
$11.86
Nelson Mandela
• Amazon Business
$11.64
1
$11.64
A Different Pond
• AKJ Education
$11.64
1
$11.64
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Skin Again
• Amazon Business
$10.89
1
$10.89
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book)
• Amazon Business
$10.74
1
$10.74
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
• Amazon Business
$10.66
1
$10.66
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
• Amazon Business
$10.61
1
$10.61
Last Stop on Market Street
• Amazon Business
$10.49
1
$10.49
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
• Amazon Business
$10.49
1
$10.49
Look What Brown Can Do!
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Civil Rights Then and Now: A Timeline of the Fight for Equality in America
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Anti-Racism Starts With Me: Kids Coloring Book (Anti Racist Childrens Books)
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine)
• Amazon Business
$8.04
1
$8.04
Let's Talk About Race
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid)
• Amazon Business
$7.88
1
$7.88
Dumpling Soup
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Shades of People
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Materials cost
$863.10
Vendor shipping charges
$13.96
Sales tax
$78.97
3rd party payment processing fee
$12.95
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$998.98
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$176.29
Total project goal
$1,175.27
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,175.27
6 Donors
-$587.63
Donations toward project cost
-$499.49
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$88.14
match offer
-$587.63
Match offer toward project cost
-$499.49
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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