Bibliosphere

 I wrote this for my other blog, but I wanted to add it here, because I think that this is so relevant to what this blog means and to my life as a whole. So here you go, my thoughts on advocacy. The older I get, the more I realize that it is perfectly acceptable and normal to have one or just a few causes that are "your cause." You know, the one you could stand up and do a TED Talk on right this minute. The one you feel so strongly in your bones that things must change for it. So anyway, I have a few. Empowering younger girls and women is one of them, probably The One if I had to pick (yes, this is why I work at Girl Scouts). Childhood cancer research advocacy is another one I'd stake a lot on, but it's come and gone over the years. Mental health is breaking through as one that's really important for me that I'm actually willing to do work on, but I've been involved tangentially in for a long time. For a while I felt guilty. I felt guilty that I was un- or...

 November is Native American Heritage Month and it's important to take time to learn, amidst an long history of misinformation and discrimination. I know that what I grew up learning is no longer something I would be comfortable teaching to children. At work, we're doing a 21-day Indigenous Anti-Racism Challenge. While we can go back and forth about whether we need to have challenges to motivate people towards antiracism goals, I think it's important nonetheless that they exist. I know that they have pushed many people towards learning and knowledge that they wouldn't otherwise have had. So I wanted to share some resources that I've been exposed to this month. First, the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian has this fantastic virtual exhibit to see all sorts of interesting artifacts and information. You can find it here . I also very much enjoyed this podcast from Teaching While White, a podcast dedicated to informing educators. I've listened to so...

 I'm (slowly) working my way through UC Davis' Anti-racism challenge. Because anti-racism didn't end in 2020. It's been really interesting to read and listen to their resources. I'll admit I'm not actually doing it in 21 days, I've been working on this since September. But so far so good. I'd recommend this if you're interested in learning more about racism and anti-racism, including a ton about intersectionality. You can find the challenge here . I challenge you to learn at least one new thing about anti-racism, even if you don't do the whole challenge.