How many of you grew up listening to Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, and others singing “Free to Be, You and Me?” The songs and stories expressed the possibilities for me growing up that were not reflected nor reinforced consistently outside of my home. As I grew older, these songs were a soundtrack of …
Author: Susan Burton
Children’s Books as a Tool to Raise Anti-Racist Children
One afternoon when I worked with the United Methodist Church’s public policy and advocacy agency, I facilitated a two-day seminar examining U.S. immigration policies with a group of retired United Methodist Women (UMW). They had come thousands of miles to Washington, DC, to discern how God was calling them to work toward just immigration policies …
Children’s Books That Celebrate Women and Girls
Here are a few books with female protagonists for each of us to share in spaces where our children, parents, grandparents, and providers gather.