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Zoom session with Sumer Strawbree, author and illustrator of Black, Brown and Beautiful in Winterville, NC on June 29, 2022.

6/29/2022

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​As part of the Summer of Awesome Reading literacy initiative co-sponsored by Young Women of Promise and ENC Voices of Youth, Kieanna Bruinton, our Program Director for A Promise to Read,  hosted a Zoom session with Lauryn Jones aka Sumer Strawbree, the author/illustrator of Black, Brown and Beautiful  on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The girls were very excited to see Sumer Strawbree on the television screen and really enjoyed listening to her inspiring and encouraging message.

The Black, Brown and Beautiful coloring book by Lauryn Jones (Sumer Strawbree) has become a favorite with our girls. Sumer is a dynamic 12 year old digital illustrator and author. The book features 27 pages with inspirational  quotes.

Black, Brown, and Beautiful reminds girls and women of all ages that their body, hair, size, shape & melanin are fabulous! Powerful affirmations are sprinkled on each coloring page meant to reinforce positive self-esteem.

Each of the girls received a copy of Black, Brown and Beautiful and My Career Glow Up coloring book which features an illustration of  Ketanji Brown Jackson the first black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court on the cover, to keep them inspired throughout the summer.

Funding for the Summer of Awesome Reading project has been provided by The Fund for Southern Communities and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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For additional information on the Black, Brown and Beautiful collection by Sumer Strawbree please visit their website at www.sumerstrawbree.com. 
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DNA Community Youth Center host Young Black Author, Sumer Strawbree for June 22 Zoom Call

6/22/2022

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The Black, Brown and Beautiful coloring book by Lauryn Jones (Sumer Strawbree) has become a favorite with our girls. Sumer is a dynamic 12 year old digital illustrator and author. The book features 27 pages with inspirational  quotes.

Black, Brown, and Beautiful reminds girls and women of all ages that their body, hair, size, shape & melanin are fabulous! Powerful affirmations are sprinkled on each coloring page meant to reinforce positive self-esteem.

As part of the Summer of Awesome Reading literacy initiative co-sponsored by YWOP and ENC Voices of Youth, our community  partner, DNA Community Youth Center in Warsaw, NC, hosted a Zoom session with the author on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The girls were very excited to see Sumer Strawbree on the television screen and really enjoyed listening to her inspiring and encouraging message.

Each of the girls received a copy of Black, Brown and Beautiful to keep them inspired throughout the summer.

Funding for the Summer of Awesome Reading project has been provided by The Fund for Southern Communities and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

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Kieanna Bruinton, YWOP summer intern and Program Director for A Promise to Read presented each girl with their own copy of Black Brown and Beautiful and My Career Glow Up coloring books.

You can find out more information about Sumer Strawbree and her other publications by visiting www.Sumerstrawbree.com.

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    A Promise to Read is the youth literacy initiative of Young Women of Promise, Inc.  Our students are given books to read and discuss.  Our book donations help them to begin or enhance their home reading collections.

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Young Women of Promise, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on September 4, 2001 in the state of North Carolina.
Theresa Williams Bethea, President/Founder
Post Office Box 491, Winterville, NC 28590
​Phone:  252/367-8292
Email:  [email protected]