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Ms. Rivera from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity and Inclusion Books!

Help me give my students books about diversity and inclusion, they need books about people and situations they can relate to!

  • $526 goal

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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 Project

I teach ENL (English as a New Language) in a District 75 high school. District 75 provides highly specialized instructional support for students with significant challenges, such as: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Significant cognitive delays, Emotional disabilities, Sensory impairments, and Multiple disabilities. My students are amazing, courageous, and determined human beings challenged with disabilities as well as language challenges. My students come from many different backgrounds, that is why it is so important to teach them about diversity and inclusion. I am in need of books that are diverse and inclusive.

My students need to be exposed to material that they can relate to, but also learn about differences as well; the presence of diversity and inclusion in the classroom allows students to consider perspectives and opinions beyond those they’ve already formed.

By presenting students with viewpoints far different from their own, it gives them the opportunity to think critically about their own beliefs and examine the world in fresh ways.

Ms. Rivera PS 811K Connie Lekas School Grades 9-12

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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Brooklyn, NY 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
A Kid's Guide to Latino History: More than 50 Activities (A Kid's Guide series) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning Differences • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Olivia & Bun-Bun: And The Extraordinary Extra X • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Tar Beach (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $12.80 1 $12.80
Lili, Grandma, and Legume: A Haitian Kreyol Bilingual Book (Lili Speaks Haitian Creole) • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Eli, Included • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Festival of Colors • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban • Amazon Business $11.81 1 $11.81
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
Incredible Indians: An Iconic Journey from A to Z • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET • Amazon Business $10.14 1 $10.14
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04
Cora Cooks Pancit • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Those Shoes • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Keeping Quilt • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Two Homes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
My Name Is Maria Isabel • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$410.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.84

Total project goal

$525.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $525.60

1 Donor

-$525.60

Donations toward project cost

-$446.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.84

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