Founded in 2020 as a Community Project by Ypsilanti Community Organizer, Kallista Marie.
A goal of Our Community Reads is to replace the negative, traumatic stories that Black children see and experience growing up.
Upcoming Events
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Featured Stories
Jeana Austin
My Hair is Magic
Justin Harper
Let The Children March
Roshanda Mitchell
All Are Welcome
Gregory Anglin
Brown Boy Brown Boy What Could You Be?
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Queens with Michigan Author, Kelly Baptist at a workshop at Booksweet
Books and Brews Adult Storytime at 734 Brewing in collaboration with Tamara Tucker-Ibarisha of Black Men Read
Pharaoh's Club Field Trip to the Detroit Fox Theatre's showing of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Musical
The Amazing Our Community Reads Team
Pharaoh's Club outing to Johnny's On The Lake Bar and Grill in Belleville, MI
Kallista Marie Adult Storytime at Ujamaa House Stanford University in California
Queens Club Washington D.C Fundraiser at Go Ice Cream with Rob Hess
Queens during a visit to the Shaker Heights Library Readers's Garden (also attended an HBCU College Fair)
Our Community Reads and Mentor 2 Youth collaborate for Reading in The Park Mondays at Rutherford Pool in Ypsilanti
Queen at Mahogany Books in Oxon Hill, Md during their transformational field trip to Washington D.C
Books and Brews Adult Storytime Participant at 734 Brewing
Cherisa Allen and Lisa Jones of Women and Men Working for Change with books for Domestic Violence Awareness (videos can be found on our YouTube channel)
Kallista Marie reading to young scholars at the Washtenaw County Eastside Summer Camp
