19 for Juneteenth Checklist

Our amazing Camp Kids for Peace kids created the below checklist with 19 ideas on how to celebrate black lives and liberation. We invite you to check it out!

#NoDaysOffChallenge2020

Our North Park Kids For Peace chapter has come up with a wonderful way to support the Black Lives Matter movement. They’ve created the #NoDaysOffChallenge2020, a child-led exploration of Black history, Black culture, Black joy, Black creativity and Black ingenuity. Check out their powerful PSA!

#TheMoreWeKnowTheMoreWeGrow

Elementary School:

• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
• I am Enough by Grace Byers
• Little Leaders, Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• The Judgmental Flower by Julia Cook
• The Oldest Student, How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Ria Loraine Hubbard
• Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

Middle School:

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Sugar by Jewel Parker Rhodes
• Brown Girl Dreaming-Poetry by Jacqueline Woodson
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
• The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
• A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
• New Kid by Jerry Craft

High School:

• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
• The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

Teaching Tolerance

Don’t Say Nothing by Jamilah Pitts. This piece illustrates how vital it is to engage young people in conversations about race and racism.

The New York Times Magazine – 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Where Do I Begin

Where Do I Begin, a 28-day reading plan for white and non-black POC (people of color) aspiring allies.