Healing and Resistance

{ "name":"Healing and Resistance", "description":"In the face of direct oppression and attack on vulnerable communities throughout our nation’s history, especially from the current administration, this moment demands all aspects of resistance: self-nourishment, community healing, and defiance through bold and unapologetic forms of expression. The children’s book creators of this panel use powerful storytelling to present these complex ideas to young people. In When a Bully Is President, Maya Gonzalez explores our country’s national history of bullying and models how we can take care of ourselves and each other when confronted with continued bullying, while Betty C. Tang demonstrates caretaking between undocumented young people in Outsider Kids, the second book in her Parachute Kids graphic novel series about a family of Taiwanese immigrants waiting for visa approval in California. Alex Combs and Andrew Eakett turn to nonfiction in their deeply researched graphic novel, Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, in which illustrated conversations with modern activists, scholars, and creatives explore some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and explain how the science of sexology and the growing acceptance of (and backlash to) gender nonconformity have helped shape what it means to be trans today. We study our past to move forward together, and another story celebrating the fight for a better future, I Love Salmon and Lampreys, tells Brook Thompson’s journey to becoming a scientist, which was inspired by her Yurok and Karuk tribal people who advocated for the removal of dams from habitats belonging to the salmon and lamprey who nurtured her community for generations. This illuminating conversation, moderated by Laura Atkins of the Social Justice Children's Book Fair and Claire of Cinnamongirl Inc, will exemplify why caring communities are the most long-lasting ones.", "startDate":"2025-05-31", "endDate":"2025-05-31", "startTime":"15:00", "endTime":"15:45", "location":"Berkeley Public Library", "options":[ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone":"America/Los_Angeles", "iCalFileName":"Reminder-Event" }