THE GIFT OF CARL FOUNDATION UNDERWRITES TEEN ANTIRACISM PROGRAM FOR THE EVERGREEN PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Stamped Book Discussion with Dr. Tracy Crump

The Gift of Carl Foundation has donated $750 to underwrite Stamped Book Discussion with Dr. Tracy Crump, Feb 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm. The Evergreen Park Public Library intends to provide a safe space for teens and young adults to discuss how racism impacts our youth and undermines opportunity, equity and social justice. Dr. Tracy Crump, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of African-American Studies at Saint Xavier University, Chicago will moderate the discussion. Together, teens will strive to understand the complicated past of race relations in our country and deliberate how their generation can affect social change.

Through the Gift of Carl donation, Evergreen Park Public Library is purchasing 50 copies of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, a reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning that explains the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. The first 25 teens who register for the program will receive a copy to own and annotate. Additionally, the library will create a circulating teacher/classroom set with 25 copies of the book, and include discussion questions curated by Dr. Crump.