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Padma Venkatraman created #AuthorsTakeAction and middle grade and YA authors joined in the cause to impress upon their readers the importance of following social distancing guidelines.

Things to bear in mind when your library re-opens for programming: Opportunities for self-expression, games, and makerspaces are a draw. Anything school-like is not. 

For school librarians planning for a return to in-school programming, peers share their AR/VR programming, mistakes made along the way, and the best way to incorporate the mixed reality edtech into the library and classroom.

The new initiative—a collaboration among Los Angeles County departments of public health and mental health, Planned Parenthood, L.A. Unified School District, and the L.A. County Office of Education—focuses on students' physical and mental health. Many centers are still operating despite schools being closed. 

The new DC title, which will be released on December 1, will profile female public figures including Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Serena Williams, and Greta Thunberg.

These websites, books, and articles will help students dig deeper into the history of women’s suffrage.

A curricular guide for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You  by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, geared for educators and students, ages 12 and up.

The annual feminist booklist is out from Rise, formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project.

From attacking the Third Reich to making high schools accountable for women's needs, authors are highlighting the large and small efforts of young people to effect change.