Our annual Spring Break Out program takes place the week of March 24 through the 28th. We will invite youth and their families to participate in free workshops focused on community education, art and civic engagement.

Thursday, March 26
Streaming from our socials starting at 10am: @dontshootpdx

Join us for a discussion by famed author Alice Faye Duncan as she shares her experience being placed on banned lists, the wide-ranging effects of these book bans and her latest titles, including things we can all do to stay hopeful during times of change.

Alice Faye Duncan is an award-winning author, National Board educator, and speaker. Her Juneteenth book, Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free has sold over 100,000 copies since January 2022. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop received a Coretta Scott King Honor Medal for Illustrations in 2019. Yellow Dog Blues was a New York Times and NYPL Best Illustrated Picture Book in 2022. Evicted was a Bank Street Best Book Selection in 2022. Coretta’s Journey was a 2023 Horn Book Fanfare Selection. In that same year, Alice appeared on Good Morning America to speak about children, grief, and the comfort found in her book, This Train is Bound for Glory. Her home is that river city—Memphis, TN. For 30 years, Alice taught in the Memphis schools. She now writes full-time in service to young learners, liberation, and light. Visit her at www.alicefayeduncan.com.

Streaming on @DontShootPDXC socials at 10am.