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“Black Sounding” Names and Their Surprising History
#bewhoyouareday
1-5
2
2022
25th celebration
3rd through 5th grade
44th Annual Mary Calletto Rife Youth Literature Seminar
4H
7th Annual Midwestern History Conference
A Contrast in Colors
A Good Kind of Trouble
A League of Their Own
A seat at the table
a town called solace
A True Crime Book Club
ableism
accordion book
accountability
acrylic paint kit
acrylic paints
activities
activity
adapt
Adrienne Maree Brown
adults
adventure
advocacy
African American
African American Genealogy
African American legacy
Afro-Brazilian berimbau musical bow ensemble
Agatha Christie
age
ages 0–5
aging
air zoo
Alex Gino
all levels
All Locations
all skill levels
Alma Powell
always a lesson
amy galick
Amy Mervak Coaching and Consulting LLC
An Anti-Racist Primer for Institutions
analyze
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids ed. by Cynthia Leitich Smith
And I Still Rise
and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
and Shira Hassan
and The Cuban League:
and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
and Transformation
and You by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul
animal tails
anime
Ann Russo
anne appert
Anti
anti-racism
anti-racist
antiracism
Antiracism and You — What are you doing to make a difference?
Antiracism Transformation Team
AORTA
application
approach
Aquarium in a bottle
Arcadia
architect of the civil rights movement
Architects
Arcomusical
Arnold Johnston
Art
art kit
art show
art supplies
Artist
Arts
arts and crafts
arty
ASMR
Astrid Sees All
attitude
August
authentic
Authenticity
author visit
authors
authors of colour
autism
Avatar the Last Airbender Digital Breakout Game
babies
babysitting
banned books
baseball
basics
be the domino
beauty
Beginner
beginners
behavior
bellies
Betsy Bird
Beyond the Sand and Sea
bias
biases
big thinking
Bill Willging
birth–5
birthing justice
birtihng justice
black
Black culture
black disabled americans
Black history
Black History Month
black history year
Black Lives Matter
Black Nouveau
Black-on-Black
blank postcards
Blob
Board Basics
board games
boardgames
Bob Ross
body of work
Book
book club
book discussion
book group
books
Books and Bellies
Bookworms
bottle
Boyfriend # 2 by Caleb Alexander & Erick S. Gray
brains and minds
Brave Space
Brave Space Workshop
breathing
broad cultural shift
bronson park
Brown Girl Dreaming
bubble tea
budget
build
Build a Board Governance Framework
build community
Build Your Village: an Accordion Book
Bullet Journal
bullet journaling
business
c
caitlyn bodine
calling on
Campaign
Can Poetry Be Funny?
candid
Candles
canvas
capacity
Career coaching
caregivers
carolyn koebel
cartoons
Cat Kid
categories
Catholic charities
Cathy Park Hong
celebration
CEN
censorship
center for policing equity
Central Library
cereal
chalk
Chalk It Out!
challenges
change
changes
Changing World
charitable
chat
Chef K
child support
childhood trauma
children
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
children's book
childrens books
chord progressions
Christmas
chronic stress
cinco de mayo
Circus Stunts
City of Kalamazoo
city planners
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Civil Rights
Civil War
Clark Lewis
Clark the Juggler
classics revisited
Classics Revisted
clean slate initiatives
climate change
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Club
coding skills
coexist
coffee
collaboration
collect
college
color
colorful
combat housing injustice
comedy
comfortable being uncomfortable
Comic
Comic Book Club
comic books
comics
coming-of-age
Commitment or Counterfeit
common language
communities
community
community service
Community Tables
concert
conflict
Connecting Chords Music Festival
consent
context
conversation
cooking
cooking in heels
core of evaluation
costumed characters
county ID
covid
COVID 19
coworkers
crack the code
craft
crafting
Crafts
create
creating
Creating Cohesive Teams
creative
Creativebug
creativity
Credible Identificatio
crime
Criminal Justice reform
criminal justice system
critical thinking skills
critique
Crystals
Cultural socialization
culture
curbside
curiosity
custody
Cyndi Tiedt
daily habits
dance
dancer
data collection
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Deborah Ann Percy
DEI
demigods
demonstrations
design
Detroit Tigers
development
devices
Diaper
difficult conversations
digital
digital collections
Disability Network Southwest Michigan
discomfort
Discord
discover
Discriminatory history
discussion
discussions
Disrupting the status quo
disruption
distribution
diversify
diversity
divorce
DIY
DIY Floral Suncatcher
DIY Guided Glassware Painting Workshop with Lauren
DIY Guided Learning Zentangle Workshop with Kayla
DIY Macramé Keychain
DIY Your Own Sidewalk Chalk
dna testing
Domestic Violence
Don't Be Afraid of the Library!
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
Dr. Sara Tanis
Dr.Joy James
Dragons
Drake Farmstead
Drake House
drama
drawbacks
drinking coffee
drums
Dungeons &
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons Character Creation
Dungeons and Dragons
Dusti Bowling
E Simon Wolff
Early Literacy
EAS
Eastside
Eastside Voices
Eastwood
ebook
economy
Ed Genesis
education
Education and Racism
educational
Eduction
efficiency
eLearning
Eliminating Microaggressions
Emergence Program Series: Patrese Griffin on the Kalamazoo Housing Crisis
emergent leaders
Emergent Leaders Panel
Emergent Strategy Brunch — Deeper Dive Book Discussion
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change
emojis
emotion
employees with disabilities
Empower employees
Empowered
empowerment
encounter
Endowments
energizes
engagement
engaging
equitable
equitable annual campaign
Equitable Hiring Practices
equity
ERACCE
ERACE
Erik S. McDuffie
Ernie Harwell
ERRACE
Esteban Kelly
etitles
evaluation
evaluation process
evan haller
exchange perspective
Executive Directors
expecting
experianced
experience
experiment
experiments
explore and share
express yourself
Facebook
failure
fair play
Fall
families
family
family coach
Family Law
Family Storytime
fear
Federal & State
feedback
Female Ancestors
Feminism
fencing
Ferris State
fighting racism
five wishes
flair
fluid
follow the clues
food
foundations
four part
four-part series
Frances Vicioso
Frank loyd Wright
Frederick Douglass
Free
free book
free books
Freedom Lifted
Freegal
Fresh Conversations for Seniors
freshes
friends
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin
Front-line workers
fruit
fun
funder
funders
Funding
future
Gail Griffin
Galesburg-Charleston Memorial Library
games
gaming
garden
Gary Gibson
Geek Fest
gender
Gene Luen Yang
genealogy
genetics
gentle practice
Gentrification
george floyd
George W. Sprau
get involved
Ghost
Ghost stories
Gift Bag
gift bags
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
GirlTrek
Giveaway
GLAMA
goals
Gold medal
good person
goodies
goods and services
Goodwill
goosebumps
Got Implicit Bias? Yes (we all do)
Governance
government
grades
grades 3–5
grades 3–5. books
grant
grant proposal
grant research tools
grant writing basics
grantmaking
graphic novels
growth
Gryphon Place
guests
guidance
Gvsu
handwamers
Hanna Alkaf
happy
Happy Trees
Harbor Me
harms
Haunted Dollhouses
Hauntings
Havana Hardball: Spring Training
healing
healing arts
health
Health and Wellness
healthy
healthy babies healthy start
healthy living
Healthy Snacks
hear my cry
Hector Cortés
Heroes of Olympus
high turnover
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism
hiring fairly
hiring manager
historical context
history
holding you back
Holiday
Holidays
homemade
Hoopla
Hot Chocolate
housing
how to be an antiracist
How To Create Lasting Change
How to Foster True Diversity and Inclusion at Work
How We Give Now
Hum and Swish
Hum and Swish by Matt Myers
human rights
Ibram X. Kendi
ID
identities
identity
illustrate
imagination
immigrant
Immunity to Change
implementation
in person
In summer
in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raul the Third
incarcerated men
inclusion
inclusive
independence
Indifference
indigenous
individuals
Ineka Way
information
inner city youth for change
inside scoop
Inside the Artists' Studio
Insitutional Anti-racism: Kalamazoo Public Library
inspiration
Institutional Anti-racism: Kalamazoo Community Foundation
institutional change
institutions
instruments
Integrated services
interactive
interactive exercises
interactive workshop
intergenerational
intersectional
intersectionality
interviewing
Introduction to Community Resiliency Model®
Introduction to Systemic Racism Workshop
introspection
It's Crime We Talk
It's Crime We Talk: A True Crime Book Club
It's Storytime
Jack Finny
Jackie Robinson
Jacqueline Woodson
jam
Jane Elliott
Jar Gardens
Jarrell Daniels
jars
Jason Knight
Jay Tha Writer
Jayme Vosovic
jennifer aaker
Jennifer Rose Hasso
Jerry Craft
Jessica McDiarmid
jewelry
Jill Hermann-Wilmarth
Jim Crow
job developement
job fair
Job interviews
job skills
Jodi-Ann Burey
john ball
Join us virtually for a discussion of The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed.
journal
journal prompts
Journaling
journalism
journalist
journey
Juan Gonzales
Jubilee
Juggling
jump
Juneteenth Celebration 2021: Adult Virtual Paint Party!
Juneteenth Celebration 2021: Black Arts and Cultural Center Promotes Minority Owned Business
Juneteenth Celebration 2021: Youth Virtual Paint Party!
Justin and Alexis Black
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
kalamazoo community
Kalamazoo Community Emergent Leader
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County Bar
Kalamazoo County Bar Association
Kalamazoo County ID
Kalamazoo County Land Bank
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo Lively Arts
Kalamazoo RESA
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Karma Mitchell
kathy kolbe
keep
Kendrick Lamar
Kenjji Jumanne Marshall
Kevin Kelly
key concepts
KIA
Kia Dupree
kids
kim possible
kit
Kit Rosewater
kitchen
kits
KPL @ Home bag
KPL Digital — How To
KPL Live
KPL Mobile Library
KPL Presents: Halloween: A Haunted History by Dustin Pari
KPL Tech Days
KPL TV
[email protected] bags
KRESA
Kurzgesagt
KVCC
KZCF Equity series
KZCF Equity Series: An Introduction to Being a Trans
KZCF Equity Series: An Introduction to Being a Trans Ally and Creating Institutional Change
KZCF Equity Series: Analyzing and Creating Change as a Trans
language
laptops
Last Call: a True Story of Love
latin
laugh
Laurence Sterne
law library
lawn
lawyer
leaders
Learn
leatric fullerton
Leatrice Fullerton
leave your mark
legal
legal questions
Lego
Less prep
Let's Talk About Books
Letters from Cuba
level 5
Libby
Libby Copeland
liberation
Library
Life in Kalamazoo
Lilliam River
limit
Lisa Moore Ramee
listen
listening
literacy initiative
Live Deeper
Live game
live zoo
Livestream
living wage
Lizzo
loan forgiveness
loaning
local artists’
locate
logistics
losing
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lucy Bernholz
lunch
Lunch with Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower
Lust
Luvvie Ajayi
Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Lynn Houghton
Mac Hornick
Mad Woman: Love Drove Her Crazy by Lady Lissa
Magic
make and take
Make Your Own Paintbrush
makers
manage conflict
management
Managers
Manga
maps
marginalized
marginalized communities
marine
Martina Kartman
Marvel
Mary Lawson
mason jar
materials
math skills
Matt Myers
Maulik Pancholy
max hornick
May 5th
Maya and the Rising Dark
Maya Angelou
Measurement
medical care hospice
meet author
Meet the Author
Meet the Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Meet the Authors
Meet the Fantasy Author: M.J. Kuhn
meetings
Meg Medina
Melissa
Memoir Writing Workshop
memory
mental health
Mia Henry
Mia Mingus
michelle mitchell
Michigan WORKS
Mike Seigel
mildred d taylor
milk
Milwaukee PBS
mindset
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
minority owned businesses
Miranda Gruntwell
miranda grunwell
Mirganda Grunwell
Miss Natalie
Mitchell Consulting
Mobile Library
mock interviews
Momentum
money
Money Management Partners
more presence
More than Funny
mouse
movement
movements
Movie
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Mr. Robert Monkey Returns to New York
multiple games
murder
murderinos
music
music at the blissful
music therapy
Musical Storybooks Encore
My Michigan: Michigan During the Last Half of the Twentieth Century
myths and facts
N.K. Jemisin
naomi bagdonas
Narrative of the Life...
Natalie Standiford
nathan durham
National African American Read-In
NBA
neighbors
nervous system
Neurodiveristy
Never a failure
New Kid
new topics
New York City
no experience
Non-Binary and Gender-Creative Ally
non-profit
nonprofit
nonprofit boards
Nonprofit Boards & Systemic Racism
nonprofit organizations
nonprofits
Norman F. Carver
nutrition
Nyra Jordan
ocean
October
OHOW: Understand Your Storm Windows
Old houses
Olympics
On-Demand Video Series
on-site
one place
one shot
ONEplace
ONEplace Nonprofit Leader Academy Informational Session
[email protected]
online
online video series
Online Video Series—The Conversation Remix: Good White People
Online Video Series—What I Hear You Say
Online Video Series: 5 Steps To Remove Yourself From Drama at Work
Online Video Series: How Racial Bias Works — And How to Disrupt It
Online Video Series: How To Be A Professional Troublemaker
Online Video Series: How to Overcome your Biases? Walk Boldly Towards Them
Online Video Series: Jane Elliott Interview on Race
Online Video Series: Racism Has A Cost For Everyone
Online Video Series: The American Midwest and Black History
Online Video Series: The Most Powerful Woman You’ve Never Heard Of
Online Video Series: What are Obstacles to Accountability
Online Video Series: What is Transformative Justice?
optimists
oral history
organization
organizational profile
organizations
organizing
OSH
Oshtemo
others to find
Outside
paint
paint pouring
Paint Some Happy Jars
paint supplies
paint. happy
Painting
pandemic
Parenting Resource
parents
participate
party
Party in the Park
Party in the Park on the Road!
Patrese Griffin
Patricia Relf
Paula Yoo
Peer Learning Group
Peer Learning Group: Executive Directors
Peer Learning Group: Supervisors & Managers
peer navigation
peer navigators
pens
Percy Jackson
performance
perspective
perspectives
PFC
philanthropy
pick-up
Pickup
Pizza & Pages
Pizza and Pages
planter
Playstation
Poetry
policies
Popcorn
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Postcard Swap
power
power and control
power and privilege
power puff girls
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Prevention works
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privilege and oppresion
Priya Rai
Prize
prizes
process
professional development
professional troublemaker
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progressive businesses
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projects and programs
protecting
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public safety
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Pumpkins
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quick decisions
race
Race Card
race to lead
racetrack
Racial Equity
racial gaps
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raina telgemeier
raya
Read
Read Along
Read Along! Celebration: Commemorating One Year of Read Along! Videos
readalouds
reading
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reading out loud
Reading Race
Reading Race Book Group
Reading Together
recipes
reclaim our humanity
Reclaiming
recognize patterns
recovery institute of southwest michigan
recreation
recruit and retain
refugee
refugee camp
registration
Registration required
rejection
Rena Barron
renovation
requirements
research
resilience-based practices
resiliency
resiliency-informed
reslience
resources
responding to crisis
responsibility
restorative
restorative practices
Resume
resurgence
retention
rhymes
Rick
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan: The House of Hades
rick Rordan
rights
roles and responsibilities of board members
roll of thunder
Rouse
rules referee
run the game
Ruth Behar
samuel nalagira
Sankofa Club
Sankofa Club — Summer Mystery Adventure
Sarah Weinman
scavenge
scavenger hunt
Schedule
scholarship
scholarships
science
sea creatures
Second Annual Virtual Geek Fest Kick Off!
Selected Poetry
self
self and collective care
self led
Self Love
self publish
self-care
self-publishing
seminar
senior
senior year
sensory
separate quests
September 11th
Septima Clark
seriously ill
service
Sesame Street: Celebrate Black History Month Compilation
Sewing
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Sexual Assault
shake
shark cage
Shattered
Shetan Noir
shor
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1 by Nic Stone
signups
Simmons
simple
Sing
sing songs
skills
Skills Building Workshop—Community Resiliency Model®
Slow Jam
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snack
snacks
So Your Leadership Wants to be Antiracist?
soap operas
social
social and emotional skills
Social identities
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Society for history and racial equity
songs
Sonya Renee Taylor
soothing meditative sounds
Spanish
special guests
splash
spongebob
sponsorship
Spotlighting Emergent Leaders
Spray Bottle Painting
Spring Break
Spring Festival at Eastwood
st lukes
Stacy McAnulty
Stamped (For Kids): Racism
standing up
Stardew Valley
Stas Schmiedt
STEM
step by step
Stephanie Hoffman
stickers
stigma
stories
storyteller
Storytelling Through Illustration for Teens
storytime
strategies
strategy
Stress
stress relief
Stressed
stringed instruments
stroll
Stronger together
struggles
Stryker Johnston
student borrower protection center
student loans
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Stuntboy
substance abuse
substance use
succulent
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
summer
Summer Reading
summer reading challenge
Summer YA Author Visit Series
sun
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superheros
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support
supporting diversity
swag bags
Sweetbitter
Swept Away
Switch
systemic opression
systemic racism
Systemic Racism is Real: Recognize and Resist
tables
tablets
tackling fear
Tails on the Trails Scavenger Hunt
take home
Take home kit
Take Home Kits
Takisha Booth Johnson
Talk
talk to authors
talking
talking is teaching
tapiaco
teaching
technical assistance
technique
techniques
TED
teen
Teen Studio
Teen Yoga and Journaling
teens
the art of war
The Awakening: A Climate Justice Story
The Best at It
The Best We Could Do
The Blood of Olympus
The Body is Not an Apology
the burning maze
The Canyon's Edge
the city we became
The Creative Power Of Your Intuition
the dark prophecy
The Derby Daredevils
The Doors of Death
The Fabulous Zed Watson by Basil Sylvester
The Girl and the Ghost
The Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association
The Griffins
The Hidden Oracle
The Hotel Whodunit
The House of Hades
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
the last dragon
The Lost Family
The Mark of Athena
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
the mysterious self
The Other Black Girl
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
the song sings itself
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
The Teen Studio at CEN Grand Re-opening!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day
The Weight of Our Sky
They All Saw a Cat
Thi Bui
three book battle
thrive
tickets
time
Time and Again
Tips
TODAYS
Todd Parr
tools
tough conversations
TP Pumpkins
track
training
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
transformative steps
transparency
Trauma
trauma-informed
Trauma-Informed Supervision
treatment
treats
trees
trend
TRHT
Trials of apollo
Tristram Shandy
trivia
troubleshoot
true crime
trust
Trust the people
Truth
tv
twerking
Ty McCormick
Tyler Urias
uganda
unconscious bias
uncovering truth
underrepresented
understand multicultural diversity
understanding
unfairly target Black people
Unspeakable Acts
up close
Uprooting White Supremacy in Organizations
upstander
Urban Alliance
urban fiction
Using Census Records
valentines day
value
values
Vibrant Kalamazoo
Vicksburg Historic Village
video
Video Games
video series
vignettes
viral
virtual workshop
Visual Storytelling
void of errors
VPM
VR
Vu Le
walking
warning signs
watch
watercolor
waves
weather
webinar
welcome
Welfare
wellspring
Wesley Stace
What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces
Where Were You When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later
white people
Why Words Matter with Farah Jones
Wild Honey Yoga: Into Being
Will Willging
William Butler Yeats
winter break
Wipes
WMU
women of color
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
work
worker co-ops
Workplace
works
workshop
Wreck This Journal
writer
writing
YA Paint and Sip
Yoga
You Saved Me: Standalone
Young Kings and Queens Inc
Youth
youth development network
youth workers
YWCA
YWCA Healthy Relationships Series Part 1
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Zombie
Zombies Barbie
zoom

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