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Welcome to the Rise for Racial Justice conversation with youth author, Andrea Pinkney! Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the chatbox with name, pronouns and where you’re located (land acknowledgements invited. We will take a moment to give people a chance to join. We will start promptly at 4:05/7:05pm.

Hi Everyone! My name is Deminika Spears. She/her pronouns. I am located in Berkeley, Ca, Ohlone Land... Happy to be here!!!

Welcome, Deminika! Glad you made it by! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday for Pop-up Univesity!!!

Absolutely!!! Wouldn't miss it!!!

I am Gwen Higgins (she/her) from Poughkeepsie, NY. Looking forward to this evening.

Hey I’m Carrissah Calvin! I am in Sacramento, Ca on Nisenan land

Greetings Everyone, Sybil Carter-Love - she, her, hers - Oakland, Ca - Also in Ohlone Land. So honored to be in this space today

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Hi - Susan from Kensington CA, Also Ohlone land. Looking forward to this!

Hi I'm Poonam (she/her) located at San Mateo, Ramaytush Ohlone land. Happy to be here

Welcome, Gwen! So glad you joined us from Poughkeepsie! We have a warm place in our Rise hearts for P’ok!

Welcome, Carrissah! Glad to have you here!

Greetings from San Francisco Public Library! also on Ramaytush Ohlone land.

Welcome, Sybil! Welcome!

Welcome, Gwen! So glad you joined us from Poughkeepsie! We have a warm place in our Rise hearts for P’ok!

Welcome, Carrissah! Glad to have you here!

Hello I’m Lisa Lumantas (she/her) from San Francisco CA, glad to be here!!

Greetings, Loretta Green, Harlem, NY...Looking forward to this evening.

Welcome, Sybil! Glad you joined us!

Tamara, Andrea’s bio

Welcome, Susan!

I'm so grateful to be here. thank you

Welcome, Poonam! Good to have you here! Looking forward o seeing you next week!

Hi Everyone, from San Francisco, CA

Happy to be here...thank you!

Welcome, Michael! Thanks for the Black History Month programming from SF Public Libraries: https://sfpl.org/events/special-programs/more-month-2022

hi there! All the credit goes to my team <3 #OneTeamOneDream

Welcome, Lisa, Loretta, June!, Venus, and Cathy Glad you joined us this evening!

7 candles for Kwanzaa: https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/seven-candles-for-kwanzaa-by-andrea-davis-pinkney-winter-holiday-picture-book-unit-9780545957922.html

Alvin Ailey: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56282-413-6

Brian Pinkney: https://www.brianpinkney.net/main.html

Jerry Pinkney: http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com/frameset.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/books/jerry-pinkney-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047786312/jerry-pinkney-illustrator-obituary

That's a great separation between work and home...

Because of you, John Lewis: The true story of a remarkable friendship: https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/because-of-you-john-lewis-9781338759082.html

Loretta Little looks back: https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/loretta-little-looks-back-9780316536776.html

I’m hearing a lot of background talking and it’s difficult to hear Andrea.

Thanks, Sonia. I’ll look to see what I can do. I don’t hear it and so I’ll test a few things….

I’ve muted Tamara. Did that help?

Tamara, when you’re not speaking, please mute yourself.

ok

A little, thank you.

The link 7 candles for Kwanzaa is the coloring book ..this is the link I found for the actual book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/963636.Seven_Candles_for_Kwanzaa

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Amazing wisdom for writers!

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King: https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/martin-rising-requiem-for-a-king-9780545702539.html

Hello!

Welcome!!!

Thank you to Tamara Shiloh for interviewing Andrea Pinkney tonight. Her bookstore, the Multicultural Bookstore in Richmond, CA, can be found here https://www.multiculturalbookstore.com/

Which book of Virginia Hamilton work is your favorite?

Amazing wisdom for writers!

All because you matter: https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/all-because-you-matter-9781338574852.html

My very favorite book in the whole whole wide world: https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/my-very-favorite-book-in-the-whole-wide-world-9781338225327.html

Ain’t burned all the bright: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Aint-Burned-All-the-Bright/Jason-Reynolds/9781534439467

Stuntboy in the meantime: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Stuntboy-in-the-Meantime/Jason-Reynolds/9781534418165

Any suggestions for mixed race children aged 1 - 3yrs?

Thank you for answering my question. :)

Rise provides a Black Girls Lives Matter Children and Young Adult Book Lists for those educators and parenting adults looking for books that center Black girls and Black womxn in the storylines and illustrations. https://www.riseforracialjustice.org/bglm-booklists

Congrats Tamara! That’s wonderful!

Rise provides a Black Girls Lives Matter reader for those educators and parenting adults looking to provide nurturing and respectful spaces for Black girls. https://www.riseforracialjustice.org/bglm-pop-up-reader

Congratulations on the new book, Tamara!

We need diverse books: https://diversebooks.org/

World Read Aloud Day: https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday

Here’s also great book about children with mixed racial heritage: https://www.etsy.com/listing/623291641/my-family-is-from-different-places

Bright Brown Baby Treasury and I Color Myself Different

Great program today! Thank you!

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you all!

Thank you so much!

Tamara’s bookstore that hosts the Black Girls Lives Matter book collection: https://www.multiculturalbookstore.com/

Black girls lives matter children and young adult book list: https://www.riseforracialjustice.org/bglm-booklists

Black girls lives matter reader: https://www.riseforracialjustice.org/bglm-pop-up-reader

Thank you so much for sharing with us all.

Thank you!

Thank you so much

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