Literacy, Identity, and Belonging: Promoting Inclusive Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Resources from the Conversation
Panelists
Kirsten Cappy
Executive Director at I’m Your Neighbor Books
Mindy Butler
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at USM
Paula Boyce
Part-time Literacy Instructor at USM
Charles Mugabe
Director of Migration at Catholic Charities Maine
Kim Simmons
Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Books Read Aloud
I’m Your Neighbor Books Programs
Defending Book Bans
Opposition: Moms of Liberty
Are Book Bans a Badge of Honor?
“For those of us on that list, it’s not a badge of honor. People always say, ‘Congratulations. You’re doing something right.’ It’s like, yeah, but at the same time, there’s been access cut for all the young people who might need these books and where they might only get them in schools. You can’t take for granted that there might not be a library or bookstore in everybody’s community or that there may not be a $20 bill to go buy that book that they no longer have access to because of these bannings.”
—Jason Reynolds
—Jason Reynolds
