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Mr. Okamura from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Black Literature Matters

Help me give my students high interest, young adult, Black-centered literature for students to read, analyze, and discuss in book circle groups.

  • $1,768 goal

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My Students

My students attend a low income urban school in Philadelphia.

They are a multiracial group of students who hail from Black, White, Latino/Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Asian backgrounds, many of whom will be the first in their families to face the challenges of attending high school, college, and beyond.

They are academic and driven young adults who are determined to reach the heights of achievement in college, despite a series of systemic disparities and barriers of race and class they face every day.

My Project

By reading these books through lenses provided by Progressive Era Black thinkers and activists, students will analyze the characters, plot, and author's intent with the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, and Marcus Garvey in mind. Doing so will empower them to read literature more critically than they have before, and prepare them for their next three years of high school as well as their later academic careers in college.

Long-term social change is enacted not by catchy political slogans or through committed educators, but through our youth reading books, educating themselves, and maintaining a society built upon the ideals of a multi-racial democracy.

My students need these books. Be a part of that change. Make it happen.

Mr. Okamura W.B. Saul High School - Agri Sciences Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Philadelphia, PA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $11.50 45 $517.50
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $12.98 30 $389.40
Dear Martin • AKJ Education $7.29 45 $328.05
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $6.98 30 $209.40

Materials cost

$1,444.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,502.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$265.06

Total project goal

$1,767.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,767.08

5 Donors

-$839.42

Donations toward project cost

-$788.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.91

match offer

-$839.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$713.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$125.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$88.24

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