Easy Like Sunday Morning: Booklists, Sadness and Activism

This week was extremely hectic, emotional and eventful.  Despite this, the work continues.  Stay tuned for the BCALA and ALSC Summer Reading Booklist for PreK-8th graders.   I am happy to announce that I will be engaged in a couple of exciting projects and speaking opportunities that I will share here in the months to come, stay tuned.  Finally, please when you have an opportunity, please support #DCPS Librarians by signing our petition to ensure that a full-time librarian is staffed in EVERY DCPS school 

#LibrarianLiteracyLeaders
#DCPSLibrariansChampionLiteracy #DCPSNeedsLibrarians
Petition - https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/d_c_increases_education_budget

Here's a couple of highlights of my week through some of my social media posts on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter. 

Best, 
K.C.

My booktalk on Library Love Fest sponsored by Harper Collins
Link to Facebook LIVE Recording

#BlackoutBestsellerList #BlackPublishingPower

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the American Library Association's Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table collaborate on new Black Lives Matter Comics Reading List Join us:  #SayTheirNames #BlackLivesMatter - http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/-black-lives-matter-comics-reading-lists

Antiracist Booklists: 
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/reading-resistance-rise-antiracist-book-list-n1225661

#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

The Long View: 
John Lewis, Congressman and Civil Rights Legend, Will Never Lose Hope
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/john-lewis-good-trouble-interview.html

#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor must extend beyond the passage of the new law in her name,
but also the arrest and conviction of the police officers responsible for taking her life.

Many thanks to DC resident and community activist Suzanne Wells for her testimony in front of the Washington D.C.  Joint Budget Oversight Hearing for Education Agencies.  Her testimony can be read in full here: https://w6pspo.org/2020/06/04/suzanne-wells-testimony-digital-equity-and-financial-literacy-council-hearing-2/

Honored to be interviewed! 
https://www.nmrt.ala.org/notes/perspectives-k-c-boyd/

I'm quoted in an EdTech Digest Article
https://edtechdigest.com/2020/06/11/not-all-heroes-wear-capes/