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To understand and lessen the fear of the other.
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Category: Social identity
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Today is Powwow Day, and River can’t participate in the Jingle Dress Dance. Toward the end of WWI, the flu pandemic killed many people; the response from the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe people was to create a healing dance called the Jingle Dress Dance (during COVID-19, the dance was shared through the internet from home to home). As…
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Be yourself, no matter how uncomfortable or turbulent the times may be.
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Does tyranny got you down?
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Until Someone Listens: A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl’s Mission is from the perspective of a little girl in which the US deports her mom back to the other side of the river. Estela explores the painful removal of her mother. With the support of her Dad, a US Marine, and her sister;…
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To celebrate Juneteenth read All Different Now : Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson.This picture book explores the first day of Freedom. Our reader did a moving reading of this book in front of our church congregation.
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What keeps your kid awake at night? It’s time to shine a light on mental health for children. The Knight Owl is smart, funny, and healthy.
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A short review Welcome to the energetic world of Evelyn Glennie, a deaf percussionist in Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl Changed Percussion, by Shannon Stocker. This story heralds persistence, creativity, and the power of listening to your heart. Shannon Stocker, the author adds the lyrics to Evelyn Glennie’s not-so-silent tale—a book for people…
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In Kim Hyoeon’s Korean picture book, I Am the Subway, the narrator, the subway system, shares passengers’ worries and hopes as they embark on Seoul’s Circle Line. These stories help us empathize with diverse people throughout the community. When I decided to return home, I packed up my life in L.A. and boarded the Southwest…
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Sisters embrace faith and empowerment through wearing a hijab.
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