Newsletter

Spring 2024

Announcements

• Upcoming Special Event: Join us for a special event: Teacher Town Hall: Sparking Change for LGBTQ+ Youth. Learn valuable insights and strategies from seasoned educators who've used Pride & Less Prejudice's books and resources to create inclusive classrooms. Plus, leaders from Garden State Equality will share tips on fostering acceptance for LGBTQ+ students and handling pushback in your communities. Register now to be a part of this important conversation! All participants that attend will receive an LGBTQ-inclusive book bundle for their classroom! Register Now!

• SEEKING BOARD MEMBERS: Do you have any of the following:

  • Passion for our work and our LGBTQ community

  • Nonprofit/board membership experience?

  • A background in law, finance, DEI, or education?

  • A network of people supportive of our mission?

  • A passion for LGBTQ+ literature?

    If so, you're in luck: we are currently seeking board members! If you are interested or know someone that might be a good fit, please send an email to info@prideandlessprejudice.org for more details. We look forward to hearing from you!

Updates

• Meet our Winter/Spring 2024 Interns!

  • Tri Ho (he/him) is a senior at Yale studying Global Affairs. Throughout high school and college, Tri has always been passionate about education and the power of advocacy through directly working with his communities and bringing representation to his academic and professional pursuits.

    As a member of the LBGTQ+ community, he is looking forward to using literature and media as mediums through which students can develop meaningful ways to navigate and celebrate people of all identities. As a child, he enjoyed reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

  • Delilah Delgado (she/her) is a junior at Williams College, double majoring in English and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. She is especially passionate about the study of girlhood and gendered roles in children’s literature—and she hopes to eventually pursue a career in the literary industry, working to promote diversity in writing and publishing.

    In her free time, she loves dance and choreography, photography, and listening to podcasts. As a child (and to this day!), her favorite books to read were Little Women and Anne of Green Gables.

  • Sheila Krispin (she/her) is a third year at Franklin and Marshall College majoring in English Literature and minoring in History. Sheila is interested in and has been involved with childcare and education over the years, with the intention of promoting diversity and inclusion in every level of education. Eventually, she hopes to pursue a degree in law, in which she hopes to continue encouraging diverse and inclusive perspectives within the industry.

    Sheila fell in love with reading at an early age, thanks to her mother’s love for books. Gaining the opportunity to share her love of reading with the world has always been a dream of hers. In her free time, Sheila loves reading, dancing, and playing rugby! One of her favorite books as a child was Eloise, which her parents read to her every night.

• Ready to dive deeper into the updated resources? Check out the new and improved guides here! Explore the available resources under the “resources” tab on our homepage- and remember, new resources are always being added, so you probably want to bookmark that tab!

• Keep an eye out for our NEW Interactive Read-Aloud Guides!

Special Thanks

• Thank you to the New Harvest Foundation for an amazing grant of $10,000 to send 800 LGBTQ-inclusive books to 400 classrooms throughout the state of Wisconsin. If you are a PreK- 3rd grade teacher that has not already requested books from us, please request or tell a friend.

• Thank you to Readers to Eaters for their generous donation: 200 copies of Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild.

• Thank you to our Partners! From March 1st (Zero Discrimination Day) to March 31st (Trans Day of Visibility), these six bookstores will be asking customers to raise up their change in support of PLP. They will also display bookmarks detailing our mission and impact. If you're in any of the following cities, please consider popping in to support these incredible stores!

  • San Francisco, CA - Fabulosa Books

  • Chicago, IL - Unabridged Bookstore

  • Brookline, MA - Brookline Booksmith

  • Somerville, MA - All She Wrote Books

  • Washington, D.C. - East City Book Shop

  • Washington, D.C. - Little District Books

• Thank you so much to our panelists Rebecca Bauer (she/her), Maegen Rose (she/her), and Nicole Frankel (she/her) for an amazing discussion and walk-through of Pride and Less Prejudice's classroom resources. The panel included a description of our free resources and suggestions of how they can be implemented in various classrooms and learning environments!