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Inspired by a Netflix series \u201cBookmarks<\/a>\u201d with famous celebrities of color reading books about people of color for children, Rev. Jenny Hirst \u2013 with the support of the ministry team at Collister United Methodist Church \u2013 set out to do something similar in Boise, Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt started with just me and my iPhone,\u201d said Hirst, who is also a tutor at Taft Elementary in Boise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has since grown into a multi-faceted storytelling and hands-on art lesson supported by multiple community partners called \u201cTurning Pages.\u201d And it is now being used by 12 of the most diverse, low-income schools in Boise to showcase Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) telling stories about people of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only are the people on camera telling the story, but Hirst said the church was adamant, as it works to understand and dismantle systemic racism and de-centering themselves as the story, that the person behind the camera be a person of color as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using grants from the Oregon-Idaho Conference Committee on Religion and Race as well as the Peace with Justice committee, Hirst hired a young, entrepreneurial videographer to record and edit the first four episodes of the series (there will be 12 in all).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout those two grants and first four episodes, [Turning Pages] wouldn\u2019t have had the momentum,\u201d Hirst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hirst reached out to other UMCs in the valley as well as the interfaith community and was floored with the adamant \u201cyes!\u201d she received from everyone. Nonprofits like Idaho for Business Education and Storyfort (a division of the Treefort Music Festival) have also stepped up to provide financial resources and marketing support to get this project off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team secured a YouTube channel and has provided reading kits to all 12 of the participating elementary schools in Boise, with a lot of the books being purchased at the local bookstore, Rediscovered Bookshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With connections to Boise State University and their elementary education program, Hirst said students in the elementary art program there developed art curriculum to go along with each book reading. The art projects utilize simple materials that can be found in existing classrooms or hopefully at home for many of the students who might still be doing distance learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ripple effect has been insane and amazing,\u201d Hirst said. \u201cIt\u2019s all about elevating BIPOC leaders in Boise who are sharing their stories and talking about their heroes and then reading a book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Videographers record Boise State men’s basketball coach R-Jay Barsh for the “Turning Pages” project.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Guest readers include R-Jay Barsh, assistant coach for Boise State men\u2019s basketball team reading the book \u201cKia the Queen\u201d by John Gaines. Fowzia Adan, a representative from the Islamic Center of Boise and BSU student in public health will read the book \u201cThe Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family\u201d by Ibtihaj Muhammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the spirit,\u201d Hirst said. \u201cYou are just running to stay after what\u2019s developing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episodes started dropping on the Turning Pages YouTube channel<\/a> in the beginning of February and Hirst said new ones will be published every two weeks until April or May, when they become weekly before the end of the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Lowe, principal at Taft Elementary, said nearly one third of their students are English Language Learners, the majority of which are refugees from central Africa or the Middle East. He thinks Taft teachers are already doing a good job of addressing the issues of race, diversity and inclusion, but that the Turning Pages project is becoming a powerful tool in their toolbox with local BIPOC leaders lifting more BIPOC voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201c[The students] probably see the readers as special people, but I’m hoping they find them a little more accessible because they are from our community,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the end, I want to \u2018normalize\u2019 conversations around race, diversity and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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