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Gauri Manglik

Gauri has more than 12 years of experience as a lawyer, and she has practiced law in both India and the United States. In 2015, she chose to follow her passion and left her legal career to start KitaabWorld, an online platform which advocates for representation of South Asian children's literature in the mainstream through curated content. This platform creates context and fosters community. Manglik is also the co-author of Muslims in Story: Expanding Multicultural Understanding Through Children's and YA Literature. The mother of two boys, she is passionate about making South Asian culture fun
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LFJ's resource pages offer thematic collections of articles and resources that address a priority topic or celebrate a cultural event or heritage month. This landing page provides links to our resources pages.
June 15, 2023
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Media Literacy Builds Classroom Community

As I head back to the classroom, I think about the last school year. In the second-to-last week of school, my fifth-grade classroom was 90 degrees, with no air conditioning. My students were sitting together, helping each other, laughing, struggling and having fun. At the beginning of the year, they were unsure of each other. They smiled politely but kept to themselves or the friends they knew and never asked for help. So what had changed?
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Ending Black History Month Right

This week, Black History Month will come to a close and Women's History Month will begin. Students notice when their history is recognized only during heritage months, so in this edition of The Moment, we're sharing a reminder that it’s vital to teach all our history year-round, along with resources to celebrate two trailblazing Black women in your classroom.

  • Laverne Cox
  • Hidden Figures of Women's History: Cathay Williams
  • Out of the Mouths of Babes