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Inspirational audio highlights from diverse young adult (YA) authors & speakers from WORDBridge Now (www.wordbridgenow.com) LIVE online T.E.A.C.H.* Enrichments--*Teachers, Educators, & Authors Collaborate against Hatred. WORDBridge Now: Igniting a passion for diverse literature through live online author meet-ups--because WORDS build BRIDGES to UNITE.
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Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia: Compassion Across Faiths
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Welcome to Book Bridges, the podcast of WORDBridge Now–igniting a passion for diverse literature through LIVE online author meet-ups–because WORDS build BRIDGES to UNITE. We are Teachers, Educators, and Authors Collaborating Against Hatred. WORDBridge Now Members gather monthly online to meet and be inspired by diverse authors–it’s like a book club…
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Insights from Holocaust Educator Greg Davis
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Welcome to Book Bridges, the podcast of WORDBridge Now, igniting a passion for diverse literature through live online author meetups. Because words build bridges to unite, we are teachers, educators, and authors collaborating against hatred. WORDBridge Now members gather monthly online to meet and to be inspired by diverse authors. It's like a book…
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Elizabeth Santiago, author of The Moonlit Vine
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Dr. Elizabeth Santiago, author of The Moonlit Vine. Ty starts to learn about her family’s Taíno culture when her abuela gives her some mysterious artifacts of tremendous importance–items that have been handed down for centuries! Ty–and all of us–learn about the real-life leaders and history of the Indigenous people of Puerto Rico. Along the way, Ty…
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What’s coming up is just a taste of our full program with NISI SHAWL, author of Speculation. Curious, creative Winna wonders if magic has finally come into her life, and learns the powerful stories of her family’s past. Listen in for a treat as Nisi Shawl reads us some of their beautiful book, Speculation. WORDBridge Now, LLC℠ Igniting a Passion fo…
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Ruta Sepetys shares the stories behind the story of I Must Betray You, a historical thriller about the Romanian revolution of 1989, and discusses her latest book, You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft through Memory. WORDBridge Now, LLC℠ Igniting a Passion for Diverse Literature through Live Online Author Meet-Ups Because WORDs build Bridges to…
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Guadalupe García McCall, Echoes of Grace: Working toward Healing & Empowerment
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WORDBridge Now Members gather monthly online to meet and to be inspired by diverse authors–it’s like a book club with the author! What’s coming up is just a taste of our full program with Guadalupe García McCall, author of Echoes of Grace–blending the real, surreal, and supernatural through generational trauma and violence against women, which Grac…
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A.M. Dassu discusses her book Fight Back and its real-world issues. After a devastating terrorist attack, Aaliyah decides to wear the hijab, and along with her friends, she chooses to fight back against injustice, discrimination, and the hate groups rising in her town. WORDBridge Now, LLC℠ Igniting a Passion for Diverse Literature through Live Onli…
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Lesléa Newman on Matthew Shepard's Impact
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Lesléa Newman shares her experiences of the heinous 1998 murder of University of Wyoming college student Matthew Shephard, a gay young man. She reads her poetry from October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shephard. Q&A follows. OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD. Copyright © 2012 by Lesléa Newman. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, …
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