OUR Little Free Diverse Library 小小彩色圖書館

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✨義 ✨喜 Justice, joy and community centered space. Increasing access to DIVERSE books in and around so-called #PDX #ReadInColor #LittleFreeLibrary #MomSky #BookSky Est. 2022 https://www.instagram.com/rockcreek_diverselibrary?igsh=em5wbTZwa210a3h3

Event info listed in black text boxes over a bin full of mini zines
A bright yellow sticky note that reads "7.10.26 Dear Library #145991, thank you for putting this vitally important book into circulation. Its critical message is essential in these times. I'm returning it trusting that it will help others as it helped me." On the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. The cover is held down by two smooth rocks.
SAVE THE DATE! 7/18 Expand your mind & heart with FREE BOOKS & ZINES Take a Book/Zine. Share a Book/Zine. Saturday July 18th 10am - 2pm @brickhauscoffee at The Round 12600 SW Crescent St. Unit 110 Beaverton OR Hosted by yours truly and LZR Come check out our expanded collection of diverse (as in decolonize) books and anti-colonial zines. [Image ID: event info listed in black text boxes over a variety of diverse books for all ages ]
Six diverse books displayed along the edge of a planter box.
📕 South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life. Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line.
Event flyer on green background with title in red: Gays Eating the Rich in the Park: Decolonize Your Bookshelf. Logos for @pdxqueermeetup and @rosecityindivisible on either side of the subtitle that reads "A queer resistance carnival". Red texts "June 7, 3-6pm at Laurelhurst Park on the bottom with a rainbow fist. A pink text box in the center with a graphic of Wendy and her little free library drawn by @devthepineapple and activity details: OUR Little Free Diverse Library. Take a book. Share a book. Diverse book swap. Bring a book or two to swap out contribute towards OUR library!
A display of books inside a two level blue little free library box. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder is showcased with its cover facing forward on the top shelf.
Photo collage showing four copies of Genocide Bad by @sim_bookstagrams_badly, a copy of Why Aren't We Talking About This: An Inclusive Illustrated Guide to Life in 100+ Questions by @hazel.mead and queers for Palestine pins displayed in a stack and in flat lay on wood floor
A hand holds a copy of Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams in front of a blue little free library.
A picture book, The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X displayed upright in front of a Black Lives Matter sign, fake orchid flowers and a stone wall.
a photo of Wendy and her little free library in the center. Background is a table of books and a window view of the outdoor greenery. The texts "Headliner Spotlight" is shown across the top, "Wendy Shih" below the photo, and organizer logos and website across the bottom
TAKE A BOOK. SHARE A BOOK. Diverse Book Swap Saturday May 17th 4PM - 8:30PM Bold Coffee & Books 1755 SW Jefferson St. Portland OR Authors and publishers tabling 11AM - 4PM Book Lovers Mixer 4PM - 6PM Author Readings 6PM - 8:30PM Wendy shares about DIVERSITY & BOOKS at 6PM Thank you ❤️ [heart] @boldcoffeeandbooks, @tworiversbooks and @indigobookediting [Image ID: event info listed above on purple text blocks and logos of the event hosts. The background consists of multiple book flat lays]
The book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad displayed on a wooden tray next to a fake orchid plant. Part of a "mom for liberation" sign with LGBTQ, trans and Palestinian flag colors can be seen in the background.
Store owners Charles and Michelle with Governor Tina Kotek and First Lady Aimee Wilson in front of the bookstore, next to a table of books on a sunny day.
[Image ID: Wendy's hand holds up the book How to Protect Bookstores and Why in front of her blue little free library. Trees, shrubs and part of the house can be seen in the background on a sunny day]
[Image ID: two books displayed upright on a wood deck railing with trees, shrubs and red flowers in the background. The books are How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder]