{"id":1258,"date":"2018-12-31T16:26:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:26:56","slug":"3-18-18-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"3.18.18 News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>KidLit Marches for Kids\u2019 Lives March 24<\/h1>\n

From Shelf Awareness<\/span> \u2014 After the fatal shooting of seventeen students and teachers<\/span> at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, authors Jenny Han<\/span> and Raina Telgemeier<\/span> each felt the need to do something. A young adult author, Han feels that she has a \u201cunique connection\u201d with teens and children. Telgemeier, who writes primarily for middle-grade readers, echoes this sentiment, saying, \u201cas authors, we serve kids and visit schools constantly. We feel like we\u2019re a part of a community that kids really pay attention to and maybe even aspire to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the days passed and the student survivors first spoke out about gun violence then planned their March 24 March for Our Lives, Telgemeier found herself \u201cinspired…. We see [the teen activists] as the future and we\u2019re really proud of them.\u201d Han put out a call to action on her Twitter page, asking the kidlit community, in \u201cwhat ways can we support this movement?\u201d Telgemeier, a friend of Han \u201cvia social media and the author circuit,\u201d was one of the first people to respond.<\/p>\n

Telgemeier, who lives in the Bay Area, and Han, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., moved the conversation into their private messages. It was extremely important to both authors that whatever they did for the March for Our Lives, it buoy the teens\u2019 movement \u2014 they didn’t want to outshine the young activists or change the message. As Telgemeier phrased it, they wanted to \u201ctake what [the students were] doing and give them a fist bump.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not about us as authors,\u201d Han added, \u201cit\u2019s about the kids and making them feel like we have their backs.\u201d After much discussion, planning and hearing the input of other authors (including Brendan Kiely, Veronica Roth, Christopher Healy<\/span> and Alexander London<\/span>), they decided that they didn\u2019t \u201cwant to create anything separate\u201d from the teens but instead wanted to march with them to help grow their numbers and show support. Han wanted to keep \u201cthe kids… at the helm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Han and Telgemeier reached out to Moms Demand Action<\/span> and Everytown for Gun Safety<\/span> to figure out their next steps. Everytown, which is coordinating all the sister marches for the 3\/24 March for Our Lives, connected Telgemeier and Han with their Author Council, a group founded last spring as an extension of their Creative Council. The Everytown Author Council stepped in to help facilitate and is planning on helping the authors prepare an auction to raise funds. Telgemeier then started working on a symbol for the movement and, with the help of Siobhan Vivian\u2019s husband, Nick Caruso, the KidLit Marches for Kids graphic was created. Han feels this graphic will be \u201creally cool\u201d because \u201cpeople in the [kidlit] community from all over the country [will] march with the same banner… the kids [will] be able to look behind them and see a wall of support of adults who care about them and want to see them safe.\u201d This graphic can be downloaded and printed by anyone interested in joining the movement to, as Telgemeier stated, \u201csupport young adults in the midst of a national tragedy. We want to… encourage them to help change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Han also hopes that focusing their movement on the kidlit community might bring out people who haven\u2019t engaged in social activism before. \u201cOur focus,\u201d she said, \u201cis [on] everyone who is a part of this community, not just authors and illustrators \u2014 everyone who is a part of this community who wants to show up for the kids.\u201d It\u2019s a way of \u201cextending our hand to the next generation,\u201d Telgemeier said, because \u201ctheir age doesn’t mean they can’t start thinking about issues and what matters to them.\u201d When asked if there is a hope for more action after this march, both authors expressed how important it is to each of them that the spotlight remain firmly on the teens. Telgemeier and Han are acting \u201cas point people,\u201d said Telgemeier, \u201cusing the hashtag and trying to get people to the marches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Han and Telgemeier want people in the kidlit industry interested in joining the movement to first look at the March for Our Lives webpage and Facebook page to see where there will be marches. They can then check in on the KidLit Marches for Kids<\/span><\/a><\/span> Facebook page to see who is organizing in their area or to step up as an organizer themselves. To stay up to date, people should join the Facebook group or follow Han or Telgemeier on Twitter. \u2014Si\u00e2n Gaetano<\/span><\/p>\n

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KidLit marches in Texas (list to date)<\/h1>\n

March 24, 2018<\/h1>\n

Abilene<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/593257367691143\/<\/p>\n

Amarillo<\/p>\n

http:\/\/act.everytown.org\/event\/march-our-lives-events\/9103\/signup\/?source=&akid=&zip=<\/p>\n

Austin<\/p>\n

https:\/\/allevents.in\/austin\/kidlit-marches-for-kids-austin-march-for-our-lives\/175683673213022<\/p>\n

Austin<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1555232054598399\/<\/p>\n

Beaumont<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/207915983094727\/<\/p>\n

College Station<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.txdemocrats.org\/event\/march-for-our-lives-college-station\/<\/p>\n

Corpus Christi<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2000748483512525\/<\/p>\n

Dallas<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/397301970723696\/<\/p>\n

El Paso <\/span>with Beto O\u2019Rourke<\/p>\n

https:\/\/secure.betofortexas.com\/page\/event\/detail\/rally\/4v7pz<\/p>\n

Fort Bend<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.txdemocrats.org\/event\/march-for-our-lives-fort-bend-county\/<\/p>\n

Fort Worth<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1975673166029408\/<\/p>\n

Houston<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/191745114753073\/<\/p>\n

Longview<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/149754592375445\/<\/p>\n

Lubbock<\/p>\n

https:\/\/us.eventbu.com\/lubbock\/march-for-our-lives-lubbock\/10209330<\/p>\n

McAllen<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2007369476192414\/<\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/153461581981853\/<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.actlocallywaco.org\/event\/march-for-our-lives\/<\/p>\n

(Compiled from media reports)<\/p>\n

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