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Founder and Executive Director

“It’s hard to be what you can’t see”-Jason Reynolds

“It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men”-Frederick Douglass

Pharaohs Club Program Coordinator

“Representation makes a difference.” -Angie Thomas

Historian and Videographer

”Life is like a book, some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting but if you never turn the page, you will never know what the next chapter has in store for you.”-TheMindsJournal.com

Inventory Manager

”The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go -Dr. Seuss

Queens Club Program Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

“The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.” -Dean Ornish

President

“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Treasurer

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.” -Frank Serafini