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Missed our Event with Marco Avilés? Here's the Video!

Posted on July 15, 2024

Marco Avilés and Araceli Poma take a selfie with the audience of their Immigrant Heritage Month event.

Last month, WWB Campus and the Brooklyn Public Library had the pleasure of hosting a talk by Quechua-Peruvian author and journalist Marco Avilés, featuring gorgeous music from Latin Grammy nominee Araceli Poma. This event followed a week of author visits and writing workshops in high school classrooms around Brooklyn and Manhattan. 

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11 Stories for Pride Month

Posted on June 26, 2024

Man carrying Puerto Rican flag in San Francisco Pride parade. By Steven Damron, 2013. (CC BY 2.0 license, image has been cropped and color-optimized.)

According to a 2023 report by PEN America, recent book bans in U.S. classrooms and school libraries have particularly targeted queer literature; 26% of banned titles contain LGBTQIA+ characters or themes*. This June is the perfect time to uplift queer voices with relevant, compelling literature that spans the globe and showcases the diversity of LGBTQIA+ lives. You'll find links to that literature, along with tools for teaching and learning, below.

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