What is IndiesUNITE!?
A collaborative project offering a series of hard-hitting virtual events that challenge the status quo, question our current standards, and leave no curiosity left unexplored.
Join Us!
Previous event recordings are available below. We are currently planning for Spring 2023.
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In partnership with Bookshop.org
Interested in participating?
If you are an author, illustrator, or independent bookstore interested in participating in this event series, please fill out this interest form, and we will reach out to you shortly. Thank you!
Watch Previous Events
Fall 2022
Taking Action to Prevent Gun Violence: Activist Event
This event was geared toward the general public interested in activism, and featured activist Abbey Clements, and authors Barbara DiLorenzo (One Thursday Afternoon), De Nichols (Art of Protest), and John Della Volpe (Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America), moderated by Heidi Yoon from Politics & Prose Bookstore.
Taking Action to Prevent Gun Violence: School Event
Moderator: Kim Johnson (This is My America)
This event was geared toward middle and high school students and featured authors Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal (I’m Not Dying with You Tonight), Marieke Nijkamp (This Is Where It Ends), and Kindra Neely (Numb to This).
Resources for Preventing Gun Violence
Download the PDF of suggested titles, websites, and additional resources for preventing gun violence.
Add to the Google Document to help your community gather more information to prevent gun violence.
Spring 2022
Children’s Book Week Event: A Celebration of Food, Culture, and Communities
Host: Kevin Maillard, Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor-winning Fry Bread
Raúl the Third, Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator, ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat & ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market
Caldecott Award-winning Andrea Wang, Luli and the Language of Tea
Cheryl Chepulsova, Noodles, Please! A to Z Foods of the World
Michael Genhart, May Your Life Be Deliciosa
Fall 2021
Hear Our Voices, Share Our Stories
Warren Binford, compiler of Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz
Michael Garcia Bochenek, senior counsel to the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch
Moderator: Christina Scott, public interest attorney
Fall 2021
Hear Our Voices, Share Our Stories
Alda P. Dobbs, Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Inteviewer: Cadence Epting, student, Bronx, NY
Fall 2021
Hear Our Voices, Share Our Stories
Yuyi Morales, Bright Star
Areli Morales, Areli is a Dreamer
Spring 2021
Resilient Kids, Supportive Adults: Giving Kids the Tools to Thrive
Jessica Curry, author, writer, work-at-home full-time mother, Happy Mama Happy Babies blog
with special guest Parker Curry, Parker Looks Up
Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, Associate Professor of Sociology, John Jay College, Parent Like It Matters
Michael Genhart, PhD, author and licensed clinical psychologist, Love is Love
Moderator: Mercedes Samudio, founder, Diversity in Parenting, Inc., Shame-Proof Parenting
Fall 2020
Back-to-School Anti-Racist Panel
Valerie Bolling, Let’s Dance!
Sharon Draper, Blended
Cicely Lewis, 2020 National Librarian of the Year
Cheryl + Wade Hudson, Just Us Books
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