This school year can be different.

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This back-to-school season, provide a child with a book that reflects
their race and culture.

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John.

[ [link removed] ]We have less than 30 days to raise $10,000 in order to put books
written by Black authors into the hands of NYC public school students. Our
children deserve an education that reflects and empowers them, and we can
make a difference going into 2020. In this season of giving, will you chip
in $10 to support our kids?

Black New York City public school children are about to complete yet
another semester in school without having read a single book containing
characters who look like them, live like them, or have similar
experiences. Without curricula to reflect them, our history and childhood
experiences are being erased.^1^ 

John, last year, in response to over 20,000 Color Of Change
members taking action, the New York City invested $23 million to provide
implicit bias and culturally responsive practice training over the next
four years. And this year, thanks to you, NYC has adopted a formal
definition for “culturally responsive education.”^2 We won’t stop fighting
until we have a curriculum change, but that doesn’t mean our children have
to wait. 

Of the 42 authors in the Mayor's Pre-K for All curriculum, there are zero
Black writers, and of the 121 in the Mayor's 3-K curriculum, only three
are Black - while 109 are white.^3 Children cannot be what they cannot see
- will you join Color Of Change to provide them with books that provide a
world of possibility and potential? 

John, your donation could make a huge difference in a child's
life. Here’s how: 

* [ [link removed] ]For children in Grades K-2, your $10 contribution would give
children copies of Black All Around, a book that reflects their race
and culture. 

* [ [link removed] ]For children in Grades 3-6, your $10 contribution would give
children copies of Richard Wright and the Library Card, a book that
will supplement their education and promote literacy. 

* [ [link removed] ]For children in Grades 6-8, your $10 contribution provides children
with copies of Dear Mrs. Parks, a historically and culturally accurate
book that will remind children of our history. 

Racism and bias in schools constitutes a national crisis, and more work
needs to be done to ensure that culturally responsive education policies
and curriculum are implemented — not just defined. 

You can make a difference this school year by gifting a book that will
provide cultural enrichment and the joy of reading to a New York City
elementary school student.

Until justice is real,

--Jade, Rashad, Arisha, Amanda, Evan, Johnny, Future, Eesha, Samantha,
Marcus, FolaSade, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

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References:

 1. “Chronically Absent: The Exclusion of People of Color from the NYC
Elementary School Curricula,” NYC Coalition for Educational Justice,
February 20, 2019, [ [link removed] ][link removed]
 2. “New York City Adopts ‘Culturally Responsive’ Education in Schools,”
The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2019,
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 3. “Diverse City, White Curriculum: The Exclusion of People of Color from
English Language Arts in NYC Schools,” NYC Coalition for Educational
Justice, December 4, 2019,
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