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The 4th Annual Teach Truth Day of Action with Author Carolivia Herron



"Carolivia Herron is a retired professor of comparative literature who directs the​ EpicCentering the National Mall creative writing program for at risk youth. She is best​ known as the author of the children’s book Nappy Hair. She is a speaker with the Pen​ Faulkner Writers in Schools program, an African American Jew, and an active member​ of Tifereth Israel of Washington, DC."

About the event:

Jun 08, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT

Washington, 3660 Alabama Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020, USA

Join Esther Productions Inc., The Spoken Word and Francis Gregory Neighborhood Library as we co-sponsor the 4th Annual Teach Truth Day of Action, a Zinn Education Project, coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.

Come stand with Esther Productions Inc. The Spoken Word and the Francis Gregory against banning books and preventing the teaching of history.

Come hear Author Carolivia Herron read and discuss her book "Nappy Hair," which is banned in New York. Learn more about banned books and the anti-history movement advanced by certain states and organizations in the United States.

Bring your favorite banned book to share with others. Tell us why you believe Teaching Truth is important.

Take the pledge to teach truth and to protect our history.

Other banned books will be given away as door prizes, including several copies of Herron's "Nappy Hair."


Register at https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/the-4th-annual-teach-truth-day-of-action-with-author-carolivia-herron


​For more info: estheproductionsinc@gmail.com.

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