by lindaoppenheim | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
This April kicks off the annual Reading Without Walls Challenge. Expand your kids’ reading horizons by recommending a book outside their comfort zones that fits one of these categories: 1) A book about a character who doesn’t look or live like the reader....
by lindaoppenheim | May 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Looking for books for children to read that include non-white characters? Hope Wabuke has these recommendations for children and teens.
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 2, 2016 | Video
Not in Our Town knows how effective young activists can be through our board members Ziad Ahmed and his redefy organization and Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi’s Princeton CHOOSE. Now another young New Jerseyan, 11-year-old Marley Dias, is addressing the problem of...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 27, 2016 | Opinion
For white people who want to do something meaningful in the face of ongoing racism, Astyk recommends reading or “actively, consciously mak[ing] sure that your kids are reading lots of books with non-white protagonists, with Black language, Black culture and...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 19, 2015 | Article
From NPR’s Code Switch thanks to NIOT member Simona Brickers. “Several recent history books help illuminate the historical contradictions that Black History Month exemplifies, namely, how a nation founded on racial slavery became both a beacon for radical...
