![]() The first question a person asked was how does one go about doing self-work and why do they need to do self-work. Her Q&A session resonated with me because her responses were absolutely poignant in understanding the work early literacy/youth services librarians have towards inclusion in storytimes. Charlene Carruthers, their keynote speaker, talked about the work she has done with BYP100, her upcoming book, and how we could take part in seeing the world as it should be. This forum talked about racial equity and inclusion that intersects with a person’s identity. I attended the 2018 Partners for a Racism-Free Community forum entitled, Standing at the Intersections. ![]() Jessica shares her personal journey relating to this topic and shares a toolkit she created for library staff who do storytime. ![]() This guest post by Jessica Bratt delves deeper into the topic of talking to kids about race in a storytime setting. My initial post, Talking to Kids About Race, was followed by a guest post sharing racially diverse storytime booklists. Today’s guest post continues a conversation about talking to kids about race in storytime that I began to ponder last year. ![]()
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