Brookline Readers & Leaders are Back for the 2023-2024 School Year

Posted: 9/6/2023 8:59 am

The Brookline Readers & Leaders are back for the 2023-2024 school year! We will be here every Wednesday at 7 PM on Zoom to read stories and discuss different topics representing our diverse community. Bookmark this Zoom link to join us any Wednesday at 7 PM during the school year: bit.ly/BRLZOOM

This Wednesday, 9/6 at 7 PM, Principal Candice Whitmore of the Florida Ruffin Ridley School will be our very first special guest reader of the year. She will read One, by Kathryn Otoshi. You are invited to listen or participate as we get to know Principal Whitmore and discuss what it means to be an upstander in our school community! All are welcome, every week.

Below is a "blurb" on our history and mission, please feel free to share all or parts of it as you help spread the word about BR&L:

The Brookline Readers & Leaders is a volunteer-led, weekly Zoom-based program that runs during the school year. Originally known as the Ruffin Ridley Readers & Leaders, started by the FRR Equity PAC in 2020, the Readers & Leaders mission is to share diverse stories and foster inclusive community in a way that inspires and equips students to make positive change in their worlds. Joined by volunteers and leaders from BEEP, Lawrence, and Lincoln, the Brookline Readers & Leaders formed in 2022. The 2023-2024 leadership team includes former and current parents, caregivers, and staff from BEEP, Hayes (Heath), Lawrence, Lincoln, Ridley, BHS, and the Public Library of Brookline, each of who are dedicated to promoting equity and inclusion in their own spheres.

We especially love having students, school staff, and community members as guests to highlight a diversity of interests, identities, and ways to make our worlds a better, kinder place. We consider this program and our "village" to include everyone who cares about the students who attend Brookline schools and hope to include the other 5 Brookline schools in our leadership over the next 1-2 years; please direct any interested individuals and ideas our way! We can be reached at BrooklineReadersLeaders@gmail.com.

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