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Stamped: Interviews and Discussions

Author Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Jason is the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC.
Jason Reynolds on Twitter

Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi Keynote Conversation | SLJ Day of Dialog 2020

A Conversation with Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, sponsored by NCTE.

Why Color Blindness Will NOT End Racism | Decoded | MTV News

This episode of MTV’s Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey. Decoded is a weekly segment produced by MTV News that tackles race issues using a production style aimed at teens and young adults. In this episode, Ramsey reviews definitions of race and racism before discussing why the idea of color-blindness is harmful to anti-racist work.

Reading Across Rhode Island 2021 Selection

Thanks to the generous support of the Rhode Island Center for the Book, the EGHS Library has 30 copies of the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, available for check out to faculty, staff and students.

Please stop by the library to check out a copy of the book and to sign up to participate in our book discussion.

Reading Programs and Events:

Tuesday, February 9: Stamped in Conversation. Teachers and students share stories, insights and resources related to their experiences reading STAMPED. With presentations by Diversity Talks and Equity Institute.
February 10th at 6pm. We are partnering with the Providence Community Library for an author event with Tochi Onyebuchi. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi is a 2021 Reading Across Rhode Island Fiction Companion Read for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You the 2021 Reading Across Rhode Island Book.
Tuesday, February 23: Stamped in the Community. Join Rhode Island community organizations for performances and interactive experiences to enrich your understanding of Stamped. Special Guests Rhode Island Black Storytellers.
April 8th at 1pm: *LIVE* Author Event with Jason Reynolds, author of Stamped.

Nonfiction Books on Related Antibias Antiracist (ABAR) Themes

Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
The four-layered framework-- identity, skill development, intellectualism and criticality-- is essential for all youth in classrooms, especially youth of color, who traditionally have been marginalized in learning standards, policies, and school practices. Readers will learn how to redesign their learning goals, lesson plans, and the texts they use to teach.
Being the Change by Sara K. Ahmed
Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of our students' lives, yet when these subjects are brought up at school teachers often struggle with how to respond. How do we create learning conditions where kids can ask the questions they want to ask, muddle through how to say the things they are thinking, and have tough conversations?
We Got This! Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
While challenging the teacher as hero trope, We Got This shows how authentically listening to kids is the closest thing to a superpower that we have. What we hear can spark action that allows us to make powerful moves toward equity by broadening access to learning for all children.
The Black Friend: on Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph
Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs--creating an essential read for white people who are committed anti-racists and those newly come to the cause of racial justice.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of?

Stamped Specific Teaching Resources

Stamped: Educators Guide
Recommended for middle and high school settings, the guide includes essential questions for sparking discussion and ideas for related multimodal projects.
Programming Guide and Resource Directory, created by the RI Center for the Book
This guide provides discussion questions and resources specific to teaching about race in Rhode Island.
Stamped Book Club Guide
A one page guide of 12 questions specific to a book club setting.

PBS Specific Stamped Teaching Resources

PBS Learning Media Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist Resource Folder
Confronting Anti-Black Racism - PBS Collection
Secondary audience.
Reframing History, Racism, and White Fragility | Toni Morrison
Secondary audience.
PBS KIDS Talk About: Race & Racism
Elementary audience.
Arthur on Racism: Talk, Listen, and Act | ARTHUR
Elementary audience.
PBS Virtual Professional Learning Series
PBS offers the Virtual Professional Learning Series free to all educators. Included are the specific resources:
- Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching
- Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism
- Empowering Young Media Consumers and Creators
- American Portrait: Who Are We?

Educator Resources

Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide, created by NEA and HCR
To better align and institutionalize racial equity into the work and practices of NEA, it is important that we understand the connection of racial justice to our mission, vision, core values and strategic framework.
Creating the Space to Talk About Race in Your School
A guide for educators created by NEA.

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