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Marley Dias is an American activist and writer. While Dias was in 6th grade, in November 2015, she launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks to collect 1,000 books with black female protagonists to donate for black girls at other schools in the U.S.
Marley Dias is a purpose-driven 18-year-old founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You! Currently, a college student at Harvard. She is also the Ambassador of National Educational Association (NEA) Read Across America.
Marley Dias is the 13-year-old social activist behind #1000BlackGirlBooks, an international movement to collect and donate children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character.
Jun 13, 2017 · At the annual Forbes' Women Summit in New York City Tuesday, 12-year-old founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks Marley Dias reflected on how she was able to turn her frustration by the books she was ...
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In this accessible guide with an introduction by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Marley Dias explores activism, social justice, volunteerism, equity and inclusion, and using...
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- Jacqueline Woodson,Photographs by Erin Patrice O’Brien
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Jan 30, 2018 · After becoming frustrated that she wasn't reading any books in school featuring black main characters, then 10-year-old Marley Dias set out to collect books with characters who looked like...
Mar 2, 2021 · The 16-year-old activist and founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign is one of the many young people changing the world for the better. In 2015, when Marley was still in middle...
