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Knowledge Up Library in Sean Monterrosa's Memory
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Sean was only 22 when his life was cut short by the Vallejo Police on June 2nd, 2020. He loved reading, especially about being Latino, but he wasn't a narrow reader! The last class he took was with his sister at CCSF titled- Latinas in the U.S./Voces. He loved learning. His sisters and I (his neighbor and school librarian) know this is what he would've wanted; a place where the youth can "knowledge up" in the form of two Little Free Libraries, filled with bilingual books about social justice, stories that empower and fantastic non-fiction with important factual information. There will be one little library for younger readersMy Brother Was Kneeling Hundreds Kneel to Remember Sean and one for teens and beyond with the best books and MP3 Playaways we can find. Titles like: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X Public Speaking Power, 48 Laws of Power, The Art of War,
Borderlands, La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa (one of Sean's favorite authors), Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, Something Happened in Our Town,Ghost Boys, The Hate U Give, I am Enough, Poet X, Clap When You Land, M is for Movement, The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World, I Am Alfonso, All American Boys, Dear Martin,Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All, How to Be an Anti-Racist, The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative, Tupac Shakur, The Rose Grew from Concrete, Hands Up, Black Brother, Black Brother, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices, Not My Idea, a Book About Whiteness, Say Her Name, The New Jim Crow,This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism & You, Just Mercy, Piecing Me Together, Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, Anger is a Gift, Monster, How it Went Down, White Fragility, Woke:A Young Poet's Call to Justice,Anti Racist Baby,Woke Baby,An ABC of Equality,M is for Movement,Oh,The Things We're For, Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, Biddy Mason Speaks Up,This Bridge Called My Back,Light in the Dark,Separate is Never Equal,
African American & Latinx History of the U.S., Indigenous People's History of the U.S., Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists, The Fire Next Time, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge, Light It Up, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and more. We want to obtain twenty copies of the titles that will help our youth "Knowledge Up". We thank you in advance for your love and care for Sean's Legacy that READING is IMPORTANTE!!!
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Organizer
Lisa Bishop
Organizer
San Francisco, CA