by Sachi Feris The Covid Spring felt liberating as a parent compared to this Fall. Covid Spring, while hard, even under the best of possible conditions, felt temporary. Covid Fall feels permanent and indefinite. And anything but liberating. Instead, it…
A multi-racial facilitator group will offer 11 anti-racist workshop for “free,” with 100% of donation-based registration going directly to the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). (The Movement for Black Lives is made up of over 150 organizations that coordinate actions,…
My children and I make rice krispie treats a few times a year and every time we make, we talk about the white, male elves on the packaging. Due to corona virus, we finally have had the time to take…
An interview with Lisa Raymond-Tolan Lisa Raymond-Tolan is a parent in Brooklyn’s District 15 whose son was part of the district’s new desegregation plan. As a result, her son was assigned to a school that was not on their list,…
by Sachi Feris The other day, my dad was showing my children a video of his wife’s daughter’s circus performance and my three-year-old asked, “Are they girls or boys?” “They look like they’re wearing costumes that ‘girls’ more commonly use…but…
by Sachi Feris Inspired by Stand for Kids and A Striving Parent, I asked my six-year-old daughter and two-and-a-half-year-old son whether they might like to make rice krispie treats to raise money for immigrant children who have been separated from their…
by guest blogger Susan Park At Community Roots, an intentionally diverse, inclusive, and culturally responsive school, we place an utmost importance on our communications with parents. Following Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, I sat with my Kindergarten class and read…
by Sachi Feris Around the corner from my apartment is a coffee shop with a poster-sized photograph of Marilyn Monroe. My two-year-old son and I have made many trips to this coffee shop and he always points out this image…
by guest Blogger Valarie Budayr, co-founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day “Why isn’t our religion the same as everyone else?” my seven-year-old son Omar asked. “Nathan came up to me and said I was going straight to H-E-double toothpicks, AND…
by guest blogger Sarah Bender Miller Children’s books have been an incredibly important part of my parenting journey. Not only have books helped me answer questions, bond with my children, expand world views, and start conversations, but books have also…
