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ST. CLOUD – A few years ago, Hudda Ibrahim s niece asked her why characters in books don t look like her.
The question from Fatima spurred an idea for a children s book featuring Muslim women of all ages and professions wearing different colored hijabs a teacher in a brown headscarf, a doctor in yellow and an athlete in black. I like writing essays and chapter books, said Ibrahim, a teacher and author of a book detailing how central Minnesota became home to many Somali refugees, including herself. I never thought I d go into children s books.
But Fatima was right. Children s books are overwhelmingly written by white authors and much more frequently feature white characters.
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14 June 2021
by: Andrea Korte AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows and Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Interns will spend the summer working as journalists. | wellphoto/Adobe Stock AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows and Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Interns will spend the summer working as journalists. | wellphoto/Adobe Stock
The science students and postdoctoral researchers who embark on a AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship arrive with a wide range of skills and expertise, like an analytical eye, a keen curiosity, an interest in communicating science more broadly and a deep knowledge of a scientific subject such as evolutionary biology or molecular engineering.
Stories about Israeli diversity strike a winning chord
Judges for the annual ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassador Campaign Contest choose ‘Diverse Voices’ for first prize.
ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassadors in the 2020-21 Campaign Track. Photo collage by Ali Cohen
“Diverse Voices,” a cluster of content created by six ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassadors, won first place in the annual end-of-year competition for the program’s Campaign Track.
“The problem our team tried to solve was the misconception that Israel is not a diverse place and that minorities cannot succeed in Israeli society,” explained the team comprised of Lily Dillon (Barnard College), Lexi Naskiewicz (University of Maryland), Eden Litvin (Pace University) and Abby Adelman, Catelyn Reiter and Jessie Goldberg of Indiana University.