Please save this date because you’re invited to the inaugural Story Sunbirds virtual Summit Saturday, October 4th!! @storysunbirds. We’ll convene and grow together around making books for children and our shared values during a full day of panels and spaces for community… http://dlvr.it/TMS9bH

Today is the last day to give to “Libraries are Havens,”
a humanitarian aid campaign from
@storysunbirds and
@ibby.international
for the children,
librarians, and families
of the two IBBY Palestine
libraries. Please share or donate if you’re able so we can show these precious… http://dlvr.it/TL5xn8

“Rumeysa Ozturk, a member of the kidlit community and a 2023-2024 @highlightsfound.bsky.social Highlights Foundation Muslim Storyteller fellow, has been taken by ICE. This isn't an isolated incident anymore… action items outlined here - some things we can all do”

⁨📷⁩ ⁨I support the First Amendment.
FreeRumeysa

Graphics and caption from @books_palestine and @storysunbirds: “This campaign is sparked by the illegal abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk, a member of the kidlit writing community. We demand her immediate release back to her life as… http://dlvr.it/TJxTGZ

Story Sunbirds is hosting a virtual summit for #KidLit creators - authors & illustrators encouraged to join!

Grateful to have made a contribution, but I'm not sure if I can join live due to health challenges & inaccessible time zones.

There's still time to sign up: tinyurl.com/sunbirdssummit

Managed to catch the last hours of this!

Powerfully resonant discussions. Highlighting representation & truth imbuing resilience & compassion through #KidLit, there was a lot shared on the need for communal support esp when industry/institutions fail. #SunbirdsSummit25 #StorySunbirds

Thank you to all the speakers and attendees at the inaugural @storysunbirds Summit yesterday! And my huge gratitude to these inspiring panelists in our Unique Path conversation about navigating barriers to publishing and rule-breaking to find channels and community for stories… http://dlvr.it/TNV0nn

Signed up for the @storysunbirds.bsky.social inaugurual summit! My understanding is that many of the panels will be recorded (though not all) #SunbirdsSummit25 #storysunbirds

The @storysunbirds virtual summit is one week from today, “The Children are Always Ours.” You’re invited to a full day of panels, conversations, and community spaces—come to one, some, or all! It’s donation-based, “pay what you can,” and all donations go to @thepcrf. I’m… http://dlvr.it/TNKfR5

“Muslim Storyteller, Rumeysa Ozturk, has been taken by ICE… An aspiring picture book writer, Highlights fellow, mentee and friend of multiple Story Sunbirds was abducted by ICE officers on Tuesday, March 25”

Update from the IBBY Palestine library community who so many of you have supported through the @storysunbirds and @ibby.international “Libraries are Havens” campaign in spring. They do not have library facilities as the buildings were bombed, but Abla meets with precious… http://dlvr.it/TMV1Cs

Please:
• Repost graphics related to Rumeysa
• Call your reps to ask what they’ll do for her and all political detainees: www.5calls.org
• send letters to Universities demanding they protect students uscpr.org/protectstudents
• Follow @highlightsfound.bsky.social for info from her peers and mentors