veronikelly-mars: “ Dias’ latest social action project is the “#1000BlackGirlBooks” book drive. Frustrated with many of the books she’s assigned in school, she confessed to her mother during dinner one night that she was unhappy with how...

veronikelly-mars:

Dias’ latest social action project is the “#1000BlackGirlBooks” book drive. Frustrated with many of the books she’s assigned in school, she confessed to her mother during dinner one night that she was unhappy with how monochromatic so many stories felt.

“I told her I was sick of reading about white boys and dogs,” Dias said, pointing specifically to “Where the Red Fern Grows” and the “Shiloh” series. “‘What are you going to do about it?’ [my mom] asked. And I told her I was going to start a book drive, and a specific book drive, where black girls are the main characters in the book and not background characters or minor characters.”

So far, she said, she’s collected about 400 books – nearly halfway to her goal of 1,000 by Feb. 1. The project is part of an annual social action effort she makes as part of the Philadelphia-founded GrassROOTS Community Foundation Super Camp for young girls, designed to empower and improve the health of ‘impoverished’ girls middle-school-aged and younger.

via http://www.phillyvoice.com/11-year-old-jersey-girl-launches-1000blackgirlbooks-book-drive/

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Y’all, this story made me cry.

Let’s get 11-year-old Marley to 1,000 books. 

I ran a successful book drive last summer, thanks to your help, and I think we can do this again.

I’ll collect paypal donations through Monday, January 25. Then I’ll send a massive box of Black Girl Books to Marley, courtesy of all of us who contributed. 

Fill out this form, and I’ll send you the link to my paypal. You can choose to specify any books you’d like sent, if you prefer that, too. Otherwise, I’ll use my knowledge of books featuring black girls that would be appropriate for middle and high school readers.

Let’s make this girl’s dreams come true. 

(via richincolor)

Jan 21, 2016
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