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Why We Have to Stay Hopeful with Activist Marley Dias

Jan 25, 2024
53:11

Activist, writer, author and founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, Marley Dias, is here! She shares:

  • What she credits the success of #1000BlackGirlBooks to.
  • What parents and caregivers can do to help support the big ideas of kids.
  • Why giving back is a practice. 
  • The long term problem she sees with book banning and why she’s so vocal about it.
  • The books that changed her life and why reading is so important to staying hopeful.
  • The impacts of being in Gen Z and how that affects her mental health.
  • The biggest takeaways from her interviews with Misty Copeland, Ava DuVernay and Hillary Clinton 
  • Why her mom has instilled the importance of having fun and how that’s been helpful.

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