We are a growing community of readers, YES Our Community Reads
Meet the Our Community Reads Team
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Kallista Marie
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
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Shanese Johnson
Pharaohs Club Program Director
“Representation makes a difference.” -Angie Thomas
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Aquilla Robinson
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
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Linda Bridges
Inventory Manager
”The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go -Dr. Seuss
Meet the Our Community Reads Board
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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
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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
