Great Stories Club - Growing up Brave in St. Peter

We met this week to talk about our third Great Stories Club book discussion in ALA’s Great Stories Club series,  Growing up Brave on the Margins ! We discussed the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.   Icebreaker Challenge We each tried to answer this question:  Who are you today?  using only six words.  It's harder than you think!  Inspiration came from this website:  https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/teens/ Thomas’s novel asks: How can you create the space to be yourself wherever you go? What if your true identity is not accepted? How do you stand up for the rights of others? What does it mean to speak truth to power? How can you walk away from violent or hurtful situations with your dignity intact? We reviewed our Group Agreements Our group agreements help us to create a brave and honest space . Questions and Themes we discussed for the this book Code-Switching speaking truth to power Race and Ethnicity with...

We met this week to talk about our second  Great Stories Club book discussion in  ALA’s Great Stories Club series,  Growing up Brave on the Margins ! We   discussed  the book The Sun is Also a Star.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28763485-the-sun-is-also-a-star?from_search=true&qid=SHfMkUJTaW&rank=1 We reviewed our Group Agreements We came up with these agreements at our last meeting to create a brave and honest space . Use the "ouch" Rule (if something is offensive to you, say, "ouch" and then you "I statements") What is said here, stays here, w hat is learned here, leaves here Lean into discomfort Speak to your own truth Take Space, Make Space (if you're naturally quiet in groups, try to talk more, if you are a talker, leave a space for listening) Be Respectful Web of Connections We did an activity to start things off and get to know each other a bit better.  First, we paired up and interviewed each other asking qu...