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Mrs. Somma from Las Vegas, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Am Not the Enemy: Embracing All Our Neighbors

My students need books that teach about Muslim and Jewish heritage. My students need books on acceptance, resistance, non-violence, and standing up for what is right.

  • $529 goal

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Mrs. Somma has another project! Donate to Loving the Library to help her classroom.

$323 - complete this project and be a hero

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

My three dozen spunky fifth graders are a diverse group of young scholars with a wide range of interests. They are motivated to succeed and eager to learn about the world around them.

Despite the negativity they may hear, my students embrace their diverse backgrounds and see their cultural heritages as strengths.

They are eager to learn more about role models and heroes that reflect their backgrounds. I want to make sure they know that they are not the enemy. This is our classroom and they are welcome.

We are a title 1 school in eastern Las Vegas. Our classroom welcomes a plethora of different types of learners and embraces all.

My Project

I am requesting more than 40 books that celebrate Jewish and Islamic faiths. I am requesting books that tell the often untold stories of Native American Indians and their resistance. I am requesting books that tell of the resistance to the Nazi invasion and embrace all faiths. We need books that teach about Muslim and Jewish heritage, and books on acceptance, resistance, non-violence, and standing up for what is right.

My students, despite their various religious and ethnic backgrounds, are not one another's enemies.

We are a diverse classroom that celebrates one another, not condemns. We accept and welcome all into our learning environment.

I am requesting materials to educate my students about our mistakes in the past and inspire them to make our world a better place for all. My students of Islamic and Jewish faiths are not the enemy. Refuge students are not the enemy. Help us combat ignorance and hateful speech with diverse literature, open minds, and open hearts.

Mrs. Somma Mervin Iverson Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

36 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Patriot Chiefs A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance • AKJ Education $17.00 1 $17.00
The Night of the Moon A Muslim Holiday Story • AKJ Education $15.29 1 $15.29
Sitting Bull Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People • AKJ Education $14.56 1 $14.56
My Name Is Bilal • AKJ Education $14.36 1 $14.36
The Everything Understanding Islam Book A Complete Guide to Muslim Beliefs, Practices, and Culture • AKJ Education $14.36 1 $14.36
Women Heroes of World War II 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue • AKJ Education $13.46 1 $13.46
A Different Mirror A History of Multicultural America • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
Victory Resistance Book 3 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Defiance Resistance Book 2 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns A Muslim Book of Colors • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Resistance Book 1 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club • AKJ Education $12.99 1 $12.99
Four Feet, Two Sandals • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Yellow Star The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
One Green Apple • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
Beyond Courage The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
The Garden of My Imaan • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr With Praying, Fasting, and Charity • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
1001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Terrible Things An Allegory of the Holocaust • AKJ Education $9.00 1 $9.00
Coming to America A Muslim Family's Story • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Being Muslim • AKJ Education $7.30 1 $7.30
Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Mohandas Gandhi • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Star of Fear, Star of Hope • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Israel - the culture (revised, ed. 2) • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
The Grand Mosque of Paris A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Mrs. Katz and Tush • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Picture Book of Anne Frank • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Apache Resistance Causes and Effects of Geronimo's Campaign • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Chicken Sunday • AKJ Education $5.19 1 $5.19
The Upstairs Room • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Snow In Jerusalem • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Hanukkah With Light, Latkes, and Dreidels • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust True Stories of Children in the Holocaust • AKJ Education $4.54 1 $4.54
Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
National Geographic Readers: Ibn al-Haytham • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$383.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$448.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.21

Total project goal

$528.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $528.06

9 Donors

-$475.12

Donations toward project cost

-$448.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.94

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