What happens when a Kidquake student meets an author that looks like she does for the first time—like Maggie Tokuda-Hall, shown above? She starts to think of herself, right then, in a new way. The messages are simple yet profound.
You are capable of more than you know. Everyone can make a difference. Never give up on your dreams.
Let’s bring Kidquake to more students around the Bay.
Teachers and students know: Kidquake fosters formative experiences with stories and storytelling, but also issues of identity, cultural diversity, and inclusion. Kidquake has long drawn one of our most diverse audiences—83% of Kidquakers are BIPOC—and in the last few years, we’ve doubled down on our commitment to bring them a diverse array of authors and educators…whether it’s Maggie’s Love in the Library set in a WWII Japanese internment camp or Mirelle Ortega’s Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land about her childhood spent at the family’s pineapple farm in Mexico.
About Litquake Litquake’s live programs bring people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuate a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing. www.litquake.org
