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We are so grateful for every member of the Life Academy Family! Have a safe and joyful Thanksgiving! ¡Estamos muy agradecidos con todos los miembros de la familia Life Academy! ¡Que tengas un Día de Acción de Gracias seguro y alegre! Somos muito gratos a todos os membros da Família Life Academy! Tenha um Dia de Ação de Graças seguro e alegre! Nou rekonesan anpil pou chak manm fanmi Life Academy! Pase yon fèt Thanksgiving san danje epi lajwa! A dupẹ pupọ fun gbogbo ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti Ẹbi Ile-ẹkọ Igbesi aye! Ni a ailewu ati ayo Thanksgiving!

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, philanthropist and President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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ILA PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY ON VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FOR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES

Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander to host June 18 event

NEWARK, Del. (June 15, 2020) — The International Literacy Association (ILA), in partnership with award-winning children’s book author and founding editor of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint Versify, Kwame Alexander, announced today “How to Raise and Teach Anti-Racist Kids,” a Facebook Live event starting at 7:00 p.m. ET this Thursday, June 18.

The free event is a follow-up to June 4’s overwhelmingly successful KidLit Rally for Black Lives, hosted by advocacy group The Brown Bookshelf. Alexander, a frequent ILA conference keynoter, organized the rally with fellow authors Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds in less than 48 hours—a “roll of thunder” call to action in response to the killing of George Floyd in late May.

“Teachers and parents must educate and empower students to imagine a better world,” said Alexander. “For that to happen in the classroom and at home, they’ve got to be better prepared. The rally, this town hall, are all small efforts to get them ready for this paramount work.”

WHAT: How to Raise and Teach Anti-Racist Kids

WHEN: Thursday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. ET

WHERE: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalLiteracyAssociation/

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The live event will have an ASL interpreter, available through the support of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Closed captioning will be available in on the recording.

Raising Antiracist Kids: Ibram X. Kendi with Derecka Purnell An AntiRacist Baby book launch: Ibram X. Kendi in conversation with Derecka Purnell on empowering the next generation of changemakers.

Still deciding if you'll send your kids to child care? ACNJ's Daynne Glover shares what families can expect as centers plan for reopening. Learn about the new guidelines and what steps parents can take to prepare: https://acnj.org/reopening-child-care-after-covid-19-what-families-can-expect/