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Social Justice Mini Lending Library 

This Social Justice Mini Lending Library project is an opportunity for teachers and students to explore the array of social justice-focused age appropriate books across various topics. As our communities and the people we love grow more diverse, it is important to genuinely honor that and as educators, have the educational resources to address not only the beauty of diversity, but also the issues around equity that are a part of it. At The Youth Farm Project, we are aware of this need and hope that this lending library will help integrate more cultural competence in the classroom and the school as a whole.

There are two lending libraries (with the exact same books) that will circulate. Teachers will sign up to acquire the libraries two weeks at a time.  After the two weeks are up, our Food Justice Educator, Astrid Castillo, will pick-up the book bin and take it to its next location. The books are not just for kids, there are various resources for teachers as well. We hope that these books will be an inspiration for school librarians and teachers alike, and that within a few years every elementary school library will have a started their own social justice book collection!



Schools Participating in this Initiative

Cayuga Heights Elementary School
Caroline 
Elementary School
Northeast 
Elementary School
Belle Sherman 
Elementary School
Beverly J. Martin Elementary 
School
Fall Creek 
Elementary School
South Hill 
Elementary School
​Enfield 
Elementary School
Sign Up HERE to reserve a library tote for your classroom


Click here for a complete list of the books!
Here's what teachers are saying about the Social Justice Lending Library:
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Students gravitated towards opportunities to read books featuring characters with whom they identified with.

I Am Enough - loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another are such important lessons reinforced and highlighted within this book. We used it a read aloud during a Monday morning "meet-up" and it set the tone for the week.

Will Allen Growing Table augmented out science unit about plants & brought us into this idea of social activism being about breathing beauty back into an area where people have been marginalized. The special thing about Farmer Will is that he can see what others can't see. When he looked at an abandoned city lot in Milwaukee he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world.

We have been working on an immigration project .... we used some to support these goals.

The books were very good, age appropriate and we used them with our Kindergarten buddies. We used the books about human rights and gardening.



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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • OUR MISSION
    • OUR STORY
    • WHO WE ARE >
      • Staff
      • Alumni
      • Board
    • WHO SUPPORTS US
    • WHERE OUR FOOD Goes
  • PROGRAMS
    • SUMMER PROGRAM
    • SOCIAL JUSTICE IMMERSION
    • FARM TO SCHOOL >
      • The Fresh Snack Program >
        • School Snack Partners
        • Fresh Snack Guidelines
        • Fresh Bites
        • Classroom Education
      • Field Trips
      • Social Justice Lending Library
    • COMMUNITY GARDEN
    • HARVEST BOX
  • Events
  • GET INVOLVED
    • JOBS
    • VOLUNTEER
    • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
    • JOIN OUR BOARD
    • Help us fundraise
  • Give Today
    • DONATE
    • Wish List
    • BECOME A BUSINESS SPONSOR
  • CONTACT US
  • News & Press
    • BLOG
    • NEWS
  • FARM MAP