CET and Urban Consulate Seeking Student Voices
Our friends at CET Public Television and the Urban Consulate are looking for some student-created selfie videos on the topic of educational equity, for an […]
Articles by Julie Coppens
Out of Africa: A Magical Epic
Our July selection is CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE, the 2018 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian-American novelist Tomi Adeyemi. Adeyemi’s debut novel (first in […]
‘The Tools to Succeed’: GCABJ and SPJ Host Media Workshop for Students of Color
By Kylie Bridgeman, Walnut Hills High School On Saturday, June 26, young students of color from across Cincinnati came together online to learn about the […]
‘I want to cast a spell where a Black trans girl is never hurt.’
Our June selection is PET, by Akwaeke Emezi, a Nigerian-born nonbinary author and activist. Set in the imagined American town of Lucille, a utopian place […]
Fairfield Student Activist Honored by Princeton Prize in Race Relations
Fairfield High School junior Anie Udosen will never forget the day back in middle school when she literally ran into a brick wall of racism. […]
Asian Legends Reimagined
A dangerous smile. A never-ending war. A vampire diary full of incrimminating receipts. A feast for ghosts, prepared with love. Our May selection, A Thousand […]
When Words Send Shockwaves: Louder Than a Bomb
By Jordan Polk, Democracy & Me Intern Last Friday, April 16, talented high school students from across Greater Cincinnati met at the National Underground Railroad […]
‘There is power in the word’: The Poet X
Unhide-able, unheard—until, through the power of her poetry, unleashed. Meet Xiomara Batista, heroine of our April selection, The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel-in-verse. With […]
Anti-Asian Violence: Facing the Ugly History of Our Beautiful Kingdom
By Michelle Miao, Talawanda High School America, 美国, means “beautiful kingdom” in Chinese, but it’s been increasingly difficult to see much beauty in the country […]
Beauty Slays in ‘The Belles’
What if you alone had the power to transform, to heal, to beautify… or to destroy? Our March selection is The Belles, a dazzling dystopian […]