Tri-Village Magazine November/December 2020

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The calendar reflects information as of October 20. Events are subject to change due to health concerns.

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Faces

By Sarah Robinson

Wonder Woman UA woman continues the fight for equality in her community

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atherine Kennedy is a real life wonder woman. She’s involved in Boys and Girls Club of Central Ohio; Jones Middle School PTO for diversity, equity and inclusion; Equal UA, a task force to expand the community’s knowledge of local history; and more.

On top of that, she’s a proud mom of two.

It is not easy balancing everything that demands her attention, but her love of the fight for equality and justice is well worth the chaotic schedule.

“I don’t think I ever show up anywhere not as a board member of Equal UA or not as a board member of Boys and Girls Club,” Kennedy says. “They’re sort

Getting involved and giving back are great ways to feel connected to your community.

“We can each recognize our own privileges and challenge ourselves to help others,” Kennedy says. “It’s really important to be part of that cycle, understanding that everyone can help, and everyone needs help throughout their lives.”

Check out the Boys and Girls Club of Central Ohio and Equal UA. www.bgccentralohio.org www.equalupperarlington.com of always in my mind, and so it’s often that the work I’m doing does overlap.”

As a lifetime resident of Upper Arlington, bettering the community she grew up in is a major priority.

Catherine Kennedy and friend Seyla Kramer, PTO Diversity, Equity and Inclusion co-chairs for Jones Middle School.

Boys and Girls Club of Central Ohio is still involved in outreach during quarantine with new health and safety practices in place.

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“My focus is centered around social justice,” she says. “I think the opportunity that Upper Arlington has is to become a more welcoming, inclusive community where we’re enriched by diversity while also making our resourcerich community accessible.”

Kennedy has been a board member of Boys and Girls Club for just over a year as the philanthropy chair and recalls her first engagement with the club fondly.

“I really got involved two years ago to help with their fundraising event,” she says, “and then I did some grant writing for them, and I just fell in love with their mission.”

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The Boys and Girls Club provides after school programming and summer care programs that focus on mentorship for students in underserved areas where violence, unemployment and other factors that make childhood difficult are prevalent.

“It’s so much more than after school and summer care,” says Kennedy. “It’s about the relationships that kids have with the staff that speak to their social emotional wellness, but then the programming focuses on academic success, character and leadership, and healthy lifestyles.”

Catherine Kennedy with others on the Pleasant Litchford task force.

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Equal UA partnered with the Columbus Sudanese Community hosting a candlelight vigil in 2019 in response to the Sudan uprising.

The club serves more than 4,000 kids in central Ohio. It was able to adapt quickly to new social distancing protocols and had volunteers meet with the members online to continue those important relationships with their children. “(The kids) are awesome, and they all deserve to reach their potential and have all the opportunity that they deserve,” Kennedy says. “That’s really what our mission is, to give them all the opportunity that they deserve.”

Through her chair position, Kennedy and the club raised enough money to build a brand-new building in the MiloGrogan neighborhood in Columbus. The building will house two of the Boys and Girls Clubs in addition to the corporate headquarters.

Kennedy is also passionate about students closer to home in Upper Arlington. As the head of the diversity, equity and inclusion committee for the Jones Middle School PTO, she’s been hard at work to start important conversations with other parents in the community.

The schools implemented training for their staff and realized that it was time to pull parents into the work as well.

They asked that every school have a PTO diversity, equity and inclusion committee.

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about getting this started?’” Kennedy says. “Given that this is something I care so much about, I said I would be super happy.”

Her involvement on the PTO led her to another involvement: Equal UA. “My friend Seyla Kramer and I engaged with (Equal UA) because we have been doing the diversity, equity and inclusion work in the school and it just felt like it made sense to connect and jump in,” she says. “It’s sort of the same idea around the parent group, but community wide, which is providing educational and community building opportunities around the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion.”

One of the recent initiatives of Equal UA involved collaborating with a task force headed by the chief academic officer for UA schools. Its mission: tell the story of Pleasant Litchford.

“He just has this really incredible legacy,” says Kennedy, “but for people in Upper Arlington, it was not a story that had been passed down.”

Pleasant Litchford was a prominent Black man who was incredibly active in

Catherine Kennedy working the Equal UA booth at the 2019 Labor Day Arts Festival.

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work with other community organizations to pull all the dates and facts, and then check all the dates and sources, to create one common story about Pleasant Litchford to share with the community.

“The hope is to make this something that is part of the history told at every level,” says Kennedy. “It allows us to expand the curriculum and to explore the complexity of UA’s past, the complexity of history in general. It’s a part of a bigger narrative.”

Kennedy looks to Litchford, James Preston Poindexter, Washington Gladden and all the civil rights activists of the past as immense sources of inspiration.

“It’s these connections to people who came before,” she says. “I didn’t even realize the fight that those people had to go through even to get us where we are today. Whatever we’re doing to move the needle is only because of what they did before us.”

It’s clear that Kennedy and those who fight for the same mission have, indeed, moved the needle.

“I’m really proud at the progress I’ve seen us make over the last few years in terms of seeing people be brave about talking about the things that are hard to talk about, like privilege and diversity and equity and inclusion,” she says. “We obviously have a lot of work to do still, but we’re moving in the right direction.”

Sarah Robinson is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Who was Pleasant Litchford?

Take a step back into history to the land that would one day become Upper Arlington. It’s the 1830s, and Pleasant Litchford, a man who had been enslaved in Lynchburg, Virginia, has purchased his freedom as well as that of his wife and children, and made his way to Perry Township.

As a master blacksmith, Litchford quickly rose to prominence through the skill of his trade. Blacksmiths were vital to new and growing communities as they made everything from locks and doorknobs to nails and horseshoes. Litchford was well respected by families of all backgrounds.

He bought a few plots of land and began using his voice to advocate for the Black people in the area. Litchford helped to build a school for Black children as well as a cemetery so people of color had an honorable place to bury their family members.

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munity members who owned the largest amount of land in Perry Township.

Litchford was one of the founders of Second Baptist Church, the first African American Baptist church in central Ohio, which still operates today.

Through the church, Litchford connected with Rev. James Preston Poindexter, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist. He acted as a mentor to Poindexter, who would become the first African American on both the Columbus City Council and the Columbus Board of Education at the turn of the century.

In the late 1940s, long after Litchford’s passing, part of Perry Township was annexed into the City of Upper Arlington. The land that included his cemetery was slated for the location of the new high school. When the city was preparing the land for the high school, it discovered the abandoned cemetery, which traced back to Litchford. In 1955, UA Board of Education committed $5,000 to move 10 bodies from the

cemetery and ended up moving 27 over the course of three days. Most went to Union Cemetery and were placed in an unmarked plot, while a few others went to Greenlawn Cemetery. The new high school opened in 1956.

In 2017, Kim Shoemaker Starr and Diane Kelly Runyon published the book Secrets Under the Parking Lot, which they wrote after Shoemaker Starr rediscovered the story of the Litchford cemetery beneath the high school parking lot. Through their extensive research, the authors pieced together what we know today about Litchford and his family.

With the support of the current UA Board of Education and Superintendent Paul Imhoff, they have joined with historians, archaeologists, community members and the Litchford descendent community to recognize the story as part of the rich history of Upper Arlington, and Litchford’s legacy of perseverance and inclusion is a model that can be celebrated for years to come.

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The Pride of Tri-Village The Lions Club prowls the community with endless volunteerism

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ince the pandemic began, many things in our lives have come to a halt. We’ve all walked a little more cautiously, lived a little more carefully and have found ourselves with a lot more free time. For people like Jane Jarrow, Jo Lippold and the entire Tri-Village Lions Club, though, there was no pause in their work giving back to the community.

Jane Jarrow first came to Tri-Village Magazine simply gushing about Jo Lippold, an 89-year-old Lion and one of the quietest influences in the community.

The story goes like this: Lippold and her daughter attended the annual volunteer fair at the Upper Arlington Public Library five years ago, where the Tri-Village Lions Club was handing out information regarding its volunteer work.

An hour and a half later, after Lippold and her daughter had left the fair, Lippold got in her own car and drove right back over.

“She marched up to me at the table and said, ‘Tell me about the Lions Club,’” Jarrow says. “That Jo is a feisty one.”

Lippold likes to keep busy. Her husband passed away when she was 62, her children and grandchildren are now grown. She trained as a nurse 30 years ago and eventually took a job as a line cook at Figlio for 11 years until her family suggested she quit. Now, she’s one of the Lions’ fiercest and most steadfast volunteers.

“This is an amazing woman,” Jarrow says. “She has no desire to be in charge, she just wants to work. She wants to come to projects and help in any way she can.”

Heart of a lion November of 2019, the Lions Club hosted the founder of the Turban Project in a meeting. The non-profit makes headwear and masks for those undergoing chemotherapy and was seeking volunteers.

Jarrow knew Lippold would be perfect for

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Central Ohio now roaring for masks the project, as she had previous sewing experience.

“They sent her a starter kit and between November and March, she made around 200 masks for the Turban Project,” Jarrow says.

When the pandemic hit, Jarrow came across some fabric with lions on it and couldn’t help but to bring it to Lippold in hopes she would make some masks for the Tri-Village Lions. In roughly three weeks, Lippold had made 160 masks.

When Lippold asked, “Should I make more?” Jarrow went to Joann Fabrics to buy more fabric so she could keep plugging away. That morning, she struck up a conversation with two women who were also at the store and they offered to donate two 30-gallon trash bags of unused fabric for more masks.

“So,” Jarrow says, “I told her to keep on making masks, because there’s going to be a need.”

The Lions Club is now working to sell and distribute child-sized masks. Lions Clubs around central Ohio have been ordering them to then donate to their local schools.

It’s a ton of work, and not even the only project the Tri-Village Lions are working on. Jarrow says the pandemic makes things easier since her work as a private consultant is limited.

While many Lions Clubs are putting a halt on volunteering until the pandemic is over, Jarrow and her pride of Lions insist the entire club wants to remain involved during these hard times.

If you’re interested in buying masks in sets of five or more from the Tri-Village Lions Club, contact Jane Jarrow at lionjjarrow@gmail.com.

The lions aren’t sleeping tonight The efforts of the Lions Club have stretched across central Ohio – their good will is almost insurmountable. For one, the club brought masks to Holy Family Soup Kitchen, where patrons can come inside only if they have masks on.

Next, the club came up with the idea to start selling masks on The Ohio State University’s campus and use some of the profits to support both their own efforts

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and to donate to the Buckeye Food Alliance. This support is always critical for the Lions, now more than ever during a pandemic.

“The Lions Club is like everyone else – activity has been curtailed,” Jarrow says.

“Our biggest fundraiser, the annual Pancake Breakfast, had to be canceled. Selling masks is a service opportunity and a fundraising project.”

Jarrow sent out a “roar” to all the other prides of Lions Clubs in central Ohio and asked if they’d like to get involved.

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That way, more masks can be made, donations given and other Lions can access much-needed donations as well.

“As I’m sitting here speaking with you, I’m looking at the boxes piled in my room, in which there are close to 1,400 masks,” Jarrow says, laughing. “It kinda got away from me here.”

Lippold made about 600 of those masks. She’s busy at work but remains indoors to stay safe from COVID-19.

Probably going a little stir crazy, Lippold worked so hard on masks that her sewing machine actually began to smoke. And even while it was taken in for repair, she borrowed someone else’s machine to continue working.

“She wouldn’t care if nobody knew, really and truly,” Jarrow says of Lippold’s humble manner. “Aside from the masks she’s making for us, she has five children and many grandchildren. She’s making masks for them, too. She’s unstoppable.”

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lenna Koehler knew something needed to change in her kitchen.

The Upper Arlington resident felt all too confined in the space and was looking for a way to open up the room to give new life to her cooking and family gatherings.

Built in 1974, the home has many details and finishes which Koehler and her late husband worked on together, so Koehler held some strong attachments when going into the remodeling process. She had lengthy conversations with John Coleman, project manager for the Cleary Company, The homeowners wanted to open and brighten their kitchen and dining areas. before proceeding to remodel the kitchen.

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Koehler now has plenty of space to cook and host large family gatherings.

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“We talked about remodeling for a long time, but never did it,” Koehler says, “Things got so bad, the oven wasn’t working... The stove wasn’t working. I figured, this is it.”

Koehler and Coleman focused on the style and color scheme of the space before beginning the project. It’s all about looking at the character of the house and taking some original elements from the kitchen and merging them with a new look without completely altering the room.

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Doing so helped create more room for the fireplace and TV room – making a larger space for entertaining family and guests.

“I have a real large family, and although my kitchen is bigger than most,” Koehler says, “It was almost unbearable when they all came over because that’s where people tend to go during the holidays.”

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Koehler loves the openess of the space and the natural light from the new windows.

The renovation added white cabinets, dramatic lighting, a beverage refrigerator and abundant storage space.

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that much,” Coleman says. “But that is not the case here. This kitchen is definitely designed for large entertaining, which is why you see the really large stove.”

Another major consideration was choosing appliances to match the overall aesthetic of the kitchen. Most of the appliances came panel ready, so they smoothly blended with the cabinetry.

A main focus of this project centered on the colors and textures of the space.

The hope was to stick with elements that went well together and not tamper too excessively with the home’s original design. “(Koehler’s) house is brick on the outside, so we brought some of the brick into the kitchen to make sure things are tied together,” Coleman says, “and it isn’t just colors, it’s also materials like the brick.

The color happens to match the outside of the house, but it’s an attempt to bring everything together, like cohesive design and color pallettes and materials, as well.”

One thing’s for sure: this colonialstyle renovation won’t be stuck in the past.

“I have a real large family, and although my kitchen is bigger than most, It was almost unbearable when they all came over because that’s where people tend to go during the holidays.”

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Giving on Thanksgiving Where to go to give back this holiday season

By Sarah Robinson

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s everyone’s favorite feasting holiday approaches, it’s important to remember those whose tables won’t be full of stuffing, turkey and mashed potatoes. Now more than ever, there is a vital need for food pantry volunteers and donations. Here’s a round-up of the best places to help out and give back this winter.

Heart to Heart Food Pantry: 1944 W. 1st Ave., Columbus Heart to Heart has giving opportunities for everyone. For those comfortable with going out and about, sign up to volunteer stocking, bagging and delivering food to cars. Community members can also volunteer to pick up large donations from locations like Marc’s, Target and Giant Eagle.

For those who are more comfortable giving from a distance, consider donating goods or sending a monetary donation.

In addition to both perishable and nonperishable food items and personal care supplies, Heart to Heart highlights different items each month for which there is a greater need. This November, Heart LSS Food Pantry volunteers sort donations.

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LSS Food Pantry, Franklin County West: 1888 Fairmont Ave., Columbus Lutheran Social Services supports a huge number of food pantries and other outreach programs all over central Ohio.

Financial donations are accepted for any and all programs, and you can support from home by purchasing items from its Amazon wishlist.

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to Heart is asking for stuffing, and in December it asks for diapers. If you are looking to make an even bigger impact, check out its large item wishlist online at www.h2h.fcchurch.com/wishlist.

Feast in a Can Give the gift of a whole meal by putting together some of your favorite Thanksgiving classics to donate to any of these local food pantries.

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Canned cranberry Canned green beans Canned pumpkin Canned corn Boxed stuffing Boxed macaroni and cheese Boxed cake mix Instant mashed potatoes Canned yams Cornbread mix Jar of turkey gravy Marshmallows Brown sugar Napkins, plates and cutlery

Food pantries often accept personal hygiene items, too.

Look for: • Men’s and women’s deodorant • Bars of soap • Hand soap • Hand sanitizer • Toothpaste • Tooth brush • Toilet paper • Paper towels • Lysol wipes

LSS Food Pantry volunteers are hard at work.

The Franklin County West food pantry accepts food donations on site.

Non-food donations can be dropped off at the shelter donation center at 217 N. Grant Ave., Columbus.

LSS offers the opportunity for community members and organizations to provide a hot meal for two different outreach programs in Columbus.

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Holy Family Soup Kitchen: 57 S. Grubb St., Columbus Currently, the Holy Family Soup Kitchen is closed for renovations, however it is still providing to-go meals to those in need. While the soup kitchen is not currently accepting volunteers or food donations, monetary donations are welcome.

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Volunteers of all ages provide a helping hand.

Visit www.holyfamilycolumbus.org/hfsk for more information richment Centers throughout Columbus. Assemble fruit cups, and updates to their re-opening plan. individual mac and cheese cups, granola bars, snack crackers and more. It is also accepting donations of hand sanitizer and SON Ministries: Virtual opportunity antibacterial wipes.

SON Ministries is accepting grab and go dinner kits to Donations can be picked up and dropped off at various loprovide nutritious meals to students attending its Learning En- cations. Visit www.son-ministries.org/ for a full list of items to

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include in dinner kits, for drop-off and pick-up locations, and for more information about further donation and volunteer opportunities.

More places to donate and volunteer around Columbus: Mid-Ohio Foodbank, Grove City Angel Food Ministries, multiple locations in Columbus Worthington Resource Pantry, Worthington LSS Food Pantries, multiple locations in Columbus Sarah Robinson is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Homegrown Holiday

Tri-Village Magazine presents the 2020 shop local holiday gift guide

Gifting Made Easy

Give the gift of art this holiday season with art prints from Vernacular. The prints are simple and practical and a perfect gift for anyone in your life. This gorgeous eight-by-10inch botanical print is only $18.

Positive Vibes

Take the stress out of your home this holiday season with Bohindi’s Housewarming Bundle. Aromatic plants and spiritual crystals are artfully chosen. $45. www.bohindi.com

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Balboa and Grandview Cafe are featuring a gift that keeps on giving! Spend $100 in gift cards and get a $20 gift card in return. It’s the best of both worlds — treating your loved ones with a great gift and receiving one at the same time. www.grandviewcafe.com www.balboamexicanrestaurant.com

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Homemade Gifts

The Ohio Craft Museum’s annual holiday sale featuring handcrafted items by nearly 200 artists from across Ohio and the country, including fine jewelry, wood cutting boards, pepper and coffee grinders, functional ceramics, hundreds of artist-made ornaments, and greeting cards. www.ohiocraft.org November/December 2020 • www.trivillagemagazine.com

A Gift for the Bookworm

Give the gift of words this holiday season with a HalfPrice Books handcrafted storage crate. Perfect for the bookworm in your family who needs all the extra storage for their novels. $14.99. www.hpb.com

Personalized Gifts

Stop by Red Giraffe Designs to get custom mantra cuffs with your choice of a personalized quote, date, symbol and more. These personalized cuffs include the customization in the cost. $20. www.redgiraffedesigns.com

Comfort and Joy

Sweet Carrot and Kitties Cakes are coming together this holiday season to bring you comfort food to snack on or to share. Custom cookie trays, bakery boxes and family meals are available to preorder and pick up in Grandview, Bexley and German Village. Snag a gift card, a T-shirt, a mug or pint glass and you’ll have stocking stuffers for the entire family. www.sweetcarrot.com www.kittiescakes.com.

Stocking Stuffers Gift cards are great for any occasion and the perfect way to spread holiday cheer. Visit local favorites like Houlihan’s, Hudson 29 Kitchen + Drink, Morettis, Caffe DaVinci and more this holiday season to purchase a gift card and support your local restaurants.

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Cookies for Santa

The Original Goodie Shop has Santa covered this year. Featuring holiday cutout cookies, all you have to do is provide the milk. $2/cookie. www.theoriginalgoodieshop.com

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2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Ice Cream is Always in Season

Graeter’s Ice Cream is featuring seasonal peppermint flavor, available Nov. 9. Ice cream never goes out of season, so stop by and get a couple of scoops this holiday season. www.graeters.com

Sparkling Holiday

Visit Jack Seibert Goldsmith and Jewelers for that special someone in your life. Nothing makes the season brighter than gems, and this 14-karat white and yellow gold ring with a 1.19 carat step-cut Burmese ruby and diamond halo is sure to impress. www.jackseibert.com

Be Sweet to Your Skin

Holiday Makeover

Stop by Shear Impressions for a great holiday gift idea and purchase Aveda’s Cherry Almond body wash and lotion. Choose from any of their Aveda haircare, skincare and body care products this holiday season. www.shearimpressionsgrandview.com

Boutique Experience

City Style has you covered this holiday season. Find unique and trendy clothing, accessories and toys that will surely make great gifts for children from newborn to young teens. www.citysstyle.com

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Shop ‘til You Drop

For the Chocolate Lover

Chocolate is the perfect gift for everyone in the family.

Pure Imagination Chocolatier features a wide variety of chocolate treats, truffles, gelato and more. We are confident that you won’t leave here empty handed. www.pureimaginationchocolatier.com

While abiding by proper CDC social distancing requirements, visit The Shops on Lane Avenue for all your shopping needs this season. From clothing and home décor to gifts for your pets, there is something for everyone on Lane Avenue. www.theshopsonlaneavenue.com

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Bookmarks Submitted by Grandview Heights Public Library The Bear’s Garden

The Lions of Little Rock

This beautifully illustrated picture book is about a little girl who lives in Brooklyn, New York, and realizes her neighborhood needs a garden.

She and her teddy bear nurture a small garden that eventually grows bigger. The story is based on the Pacific Street Brooklyn Bear’s Community Garden that was founded in 1985 and shows that just one person can start something beautiful and others will be inspired by it and help to continue it.

This historical fiction story is a powerful read about an extremely quiet 12-year-old girl named Marlee growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1958. Integrating students of color into the high school the previous year was so controversial that the high school stayed closed in 1958, causing Marlee’s oldest sister to be sent away to live with their grandmother. Meanwhile, a new classmate named Liz befriends Marlee and helps her to be more confident and to talk to more people. One day Liz isn’t at school and it’s found out that she is black and trying to “pass” for white, so she is not allowed to return. Marlee is torn between feelings of deceit, prejudices from students and adults, and still wanting to be Liz’s friend. She is also simply trying to survive her first year of junior high and deal with her parents’ different views on desegregation. This is a particularly relevant read in today’s climate and can inspire a lot of learning and discussion for children and adults alike.

by Marcie Colleen (ages 3-6)

Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed

by Emily Pearson (ages 4-8)

A little girl named Ordinary Mary picks some berries and leaves them in a big bowl on Mrs. Bishop’s porch. This kind act begins a pay it forward chain. Mrs. Bishop makes muffins from the berries and gives them to five different people. This makes each of them happy, so they each continue to do something nice for five people and the pattern keeps going. One of the last pages configures the math so that after just 16 days, over 30 billion acts of kindness have occurred.

How to Make a Better World

by Keilly Swift (grades 1-5)

This is a great non-fiction book separated into four chapters. The first is called You, which is all about discovering who you are, what you care about and taking care of yourself first so you can then make the world better. The other chapters cover subjects like how to be a great friend, finding your cause, protests from the past and climate change.

There are simple but concise definitions included throughout and lots of examples of what people of different ethnicities and ages from all over the world have done to make the world a better place.

It’s very colorful, easy and fun to read and is a great resource for a young person.

by Kristin Levine (grades 5 and up)

March: Book One

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (grades 8-12) This graphic novel goes back and forth from 2009 in Washington D.C. during President Obama’s inauguration and the early life of civil rights activist John Lewis as he grew up in rural Alabama in the 1950s.

It gives an interesting and detailed account of his journey, ranging from preaching to chickens as a child to his learning and leading of nonviolent protesting, which led to the organized sit-ins in Nashville in 1960.

This graphic novel is done extremely well and is a quick and interesting way for anyone to learn about part of the civil rights movement.

Grandview Heights Public Library www.ghpl.org Upper Arlington Public Libraries Main, Lane and Miller Park www.ualibrary.org

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