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SUMMARY:"We Are the Builders" with Deepa Iyer!
LOCATION:Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library\nMt. Pleasant Neighborhood Libr
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DESCRIPTION:Told in warm\, inviting rhyme with vivid illustrations by Romi
 na Galotta\, this picture book is a gentle introduction to finding your pl
 ace and changing your community..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/118
 42234
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Local author Deepa Iyer will read her firs
 t children's book "<a href="https://www.deepaiyer.com/home/we-are-the-buil
 ders">We Are the Builders</a>" in the Children's Room in a special Story T
 ime!<em></em></p>\n<p>A limited number of free copies of the book will be 
 distributed to attendees thanks to the DC Public Library Foundation.</p>\n
 <h4><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong><strong></strong></h4>\n<p>Told in warm
 \, inviting rhyme\, this gentle introduction to community organizing and f
 inding your place in a movement is perfect for young readers of All Are We
 lcome and What Do You Do With an Idea?</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;
 "><em>Welcome to our Community Day!</em><br /><em>Ready to find your role 
 to play?</em></p>\n<p>It&rsquo\;s Community Day\, and all the kids want to
  know where they fit in. Could they be builders\, restoring old furniture 
 for new neighbors? Caregivers\, nurturing friends who are sad or lonely? F
 rontline responders\, preparing for emergencies?</p>\n<p>What they discove
 r is that there&rsquo\;s a place for every person\, no matter their skills
  or interests&mdash\;and that collaboration is what makes their community 
 strong.</p>\n<h4><strong>MEET THE AUTHOR!</strong><strong></strong></h4>\n
 <p><a href="https://www.deepaiyer.com/">Deepa Iyer</a> is a strategist\, l
 awyer\, and racial justice advocate who created the social change ecosyste
 m map&mdash\;a way to identify the different roles needed to bring about c
 hange in the world. During the wave of social change movements in 2020\, h
 er map went viral\, and since then\, individuals and organizations all ove
 r the world have used it to help them organize for many different causes. 
 We Are the Builders! is Iyer&rsquo\;s picture book debut.</p>\nhttps://dcl
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