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ᴋᴀʏʟᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴅᴜᴀᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀʀᴛʜᴀɢᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀ ʙᴀᴄʜᴇʟᴏʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇ ɪɴ ᴇxᴇʀᴄɪꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴘᴏʀᴛꜱ ꜱᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴇᴇʀꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ꜱᴄᴏᴜᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏ, ɢɪʀʟꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴏʀʏ. ᴋᴀʏʟᴀ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴋᴀʏʟᴀ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇꜱ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ꜱʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴜɴ ᴡᴀʏ. ʜᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀʟ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪɴɢ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴄʏ

My daughter, Haelee told me on August 10, 2022 that she wanted to do more workshops like she did with Durham County Library on June 10, 2022. I told her that I’d help her develop a proposal that we’d then send to Charlotte Mecklenburg County, Greensboro, and Alamance County Libraries since I have roots there. We submitted the proposals on August 15, 2022 and thought nothing of it. I mean if it was meant to be it would be and if then then it wouldn’t be at this moment. Well Er

My daughter, Haelee was given the chance to stand on stage with 100 Black Children’s Book Authors (including herself) as part of Lit for Black Kids Black History Month programming (Black Kid Lit). Brianna Perkins, Founder, Lit for Black Kids has a personal mission to get young Black and Brown children to read more. She recognized that part of the problem is that they can't see themselves in the books that they read. This is especially true when you consider that a mere 13.8%

The Primplife Plan [in partnership with The Rules of a Big Boss] is proud to announce that Triton Events has been chosen as the official caterer for our Remodel U Workshop. This workshop will be held on January 8, 2022 at 1325 S Eugene St, Greensboro, NC 27406. You can read more about the specificities of this event by going here. At any rate, Triton Events was established in 2011 by Chef DeAndra Hairston. The name was established in honor of her late father Keith Shouse (Tri