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Teacher DiColandrea from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Social Justice Debaters Need New Jim Crow Books

My students need copies of the book The New Jim Crow.

FULLY FUNDED! Teacher DiColandrea's classroom raised $297

This project is fully funded

My Students

My school is a public charter school that serves 400 phenomenal Black and Latino students, 75% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Our Speech & Debate Team provides students who are historically underrepresented in Speech & Debate with the opportunities to compete both locally and nationally in public speaking and debating.

Even though it was only our third year having a speech team, over 25 active members were extremely successful at local, regional, and national competitions this past year. We have had students advance to elimination rounds all around the country including at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Harvard and Emory. We are bringing a record sixteen students to the State Championship this April and look forward to building our program even further next year.

My Project

My students routinely use Speech and Debate as their platform to speak their truth about topics that are sometimes bitter pills to swallow.

People do not always want to hear what our students have to say about the struggles constantly faced by people of color, women, LGBTQ people, and other marginalized groups in America, but our students are unafraid to speak up.

Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow is an excellent foundation in understanding the ongoing struggle of African-Americans in the United States.

This project would equip my students with the tools necessary to push the critical racial consciousness of their judges and fellow competitors at Speech & Debate tournaments.

Teacher DiColandrea Achievement First Brooklyn High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness • AKJ Education $14.56 15 $218.40

Materials cost

$218.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.41

Total project goal

$296.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.09

1 Donor

-$148.03

Donations toward project cost

-$125.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.20

match offer

-$148.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.21

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 $0.00

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