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Ms. Jade from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Critical Conversations About Diversity, Racism, and Social Justice

Help me give my students a collection of books that support critical conversations about diversity, race, racism, social justice, and activism.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The students at my school are amazing human beings! They are inquisitive, passionate, and hard-working. They are caring, empathetic, and capable. They are hands-on learners, eager to take on challenges!

Our students are kind and curious learners who constantly exploring how to become advocates and activists as they learn about various social issues through the lens of justice, humanity, and sustainability.

They are future community members, teachers, and leaders. These students can and will make a difference in the community, lives of others, and world.

These students are from East Los Angeles. Our school is a Title I school with 97% of students receiving free or reduced-rate lunch. The school is rich in culture, community, love, and support. Unfortunately, sometimes it is hard to get my hands on all the materials and resources I would like for classrooms, the school, and students.

My Project

Speaking about diversity, race, racism, and how to advocate for change with young children is so critical. It is never too young to have these conversations with kids!

Children's books are one of the most powerful tools in initiating critical conversations about diversity, race, racism, oppression, social justice, and activism.

These books can help teachers open up a space for these conversations, explore questions students have, and encourage reflection in their classrooms. Furthermore, these conversations will empower our students to reflect on what they can do as advocates and allies, and how they might fight for social justice and change in their communities and world.

This project will fund a collection of books that cover issues of diversity, race, and racial injustices. More importantly, books in this project focus on taking action by modeling how to respond to racial injustice with resistance, resilience, and activism.

This book collection is for all teachers at my school to have access to for use with their students. Teachers will be able to use these as virtual read aloud books for the remainder of this year, and during our summer school program. Next year, teachers will be able to get their hands on these books and check them out for use in their classrooms.

Ms. Jade Arts In Action Community Charter School Grades PreK-2

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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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

400 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
V Is for Voting • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $15.94 1 $15.94
Happy in Our Skin • AKJ Education $15.29 1 $15.29
Race Cars: A children's book about white privilege • Amazon Business $14.83 1 $14.83
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Giant Steps to Change the World • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Same, Same But Different • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Sit-In • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Shaking Things Up • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Dreamers • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Dissent • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
How I Resist • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey with Papa (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Emmanuel's Dream • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Biblioburro • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The last stop on market street • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry's Freedom Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Harvesting Hope • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Let the Children March • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
She Persisted • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Hands Up! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Ghost Boys • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Start Now! • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Other Side • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Whoever You Are • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
A Bike Like Sergio's • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Counting on Community • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A is for Activist • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Say Something • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
Civil Rights Then and Now: A Timeline of the Fight for Equality in America • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Never Too Young!: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Let's Talk About Race • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54
Freedom Summer • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
I Love My Hair! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Tar Beach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Seeds of Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Name Jar • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Colors of Us • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Sylvia & Aki • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) (Pictureback(R)) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$624.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $57.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$727.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.33

Total project goal

$855.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $855.56

10 Donors

-$855.56

Donations toward project cost

-$727.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$128.33

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