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Ms. Garcia from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Social Justice Read Alouds

Help me give my students access to social justice books to empower and show them that they matter.

  • $377 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 Students

Hi, I am in Special Education Teacher Support Services and I teach 1st-4th grade at a dual language school in NYC. My students are bilingual students in English and Spanish from low-income communities. I teach students with disabilities who benefit from visuals and hands-on experiences. My wonderful students love engaging with interactive resources. Yet we're facing new challenges with school closures and adapting to distance learning. Getting the right resources to reach them is harder.

My students and I will have a read-aloud time during the school year l so we can bond and share our life experiences and build community.

Through these books, I will be able to teach social justice and empower my students. My students will be able to see themselves in books. They will know that their lives matter that their stories are important and worth telling. These books will give my students voices to empower them, thus creating social change. My students need an outlet to process everything they have gone through these past years and through read-aloud books, our class can have a conversation about social justice and help us process all our trauma.

My Project

We know children must first understand who they are and become aware of different perspectives to learn how to deal with new situations.

The books included will promote positive conversations that will help build classroom community and help inspire a new generation of trail blazers and heroes who will continue build equality and justice in our world.

I am looking forward to having conversations with my students and learning about their experiences I think my students will be able to develop as little humans by listening, reading, and learning about other cultures and people. They are the future of tomorrow!

Ms. Garcia Dos Puentes Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

More about Ms. Garcia

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
¿De dónde eres?: Where Are You From? (Spanish edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Sulwe • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
What Makes Us Unique?: Our First Talk About Diversity (Just Enough) • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders (Books for Kid Activists, Activism Book for Children) • Amazon Business $14.41 1 $14.41
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Let's Talk About Race • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$278.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$320.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.47

Total project goal

$376.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.47

1 Donor

-$188.23

Donations toward project cost

-$160.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.23

match offer

-$188.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.24

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 $0.00

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