National Read a Book Day is September 6, and a Houston-born Girl Scout Gold Award winner is encouraging people to broaden their horizons with their choices thanks to her Diverse Book Club.
“I never saw a little girl in a book like me. There were no little brown girls,” she says. “It’s important because it creates a sense of welcoming, that it’s okay to be the person you are. It increases your self-confidence and empathy. I was part of a troop that had people from all different kinds of cultures, and it helped dissolve barriers between us. There’s a lack of diversity in schoolbooks because they’re so dedicated to the western canon.
“The Gold Award is all about sustainability in the community,” she says. “If I could start a project at my school, it would be something that new students could be a part of every year. Teachers were open to teaching different aspects of history and creating new avenues for other voices to be heard.”
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