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$5k Match – Social Justice Children’s Book Fair

Hey fam, my organization the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair got a $5k grant and will be fundraising over the next 30 days to match it dollar for dollar. If you’re unfamiliar with the fair I invite you to check out….

Our Website: Site, 2025 fair, 2025 Award winners,

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube

Press: Oaklandside article, NBC News clip, Hard Knock (KPFA) Radio Interview 

Here are some photos taken by photographer Mark Rea from the 2025 fair. Wanna see more? Check out this Facebook page or our website.

Short Mission: Bruh, make a kids book fair that champions social justice kid lit. Also, champion Bipoc, Queer, Immigrant, and Social Justice creators and kid focused orgs.

Longer Mission & Vision: Our mission is to promote social justice through the power of children’s books. We support independent children’s book creators to conceive, develop, distribute, and champion social justice-themed children’s books. We do this through our signature event, the annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair, and other ongoing projects and initiatives.

We envision a world where children’s book creators have the ability to conceive, develop, distribute, and champion a diversity of social justice-centered stories that need to be told as they look to reach all children, families, teachers, librarians, and book lovers.

My Why: I believe there are some amazing stories about culture, class, race, gender, identity, politics, history, etc that need to be shared with a wider audience and I get to help facilitate that as one of many organizers of this fair. I believe in representation, being able to see yourself in literature early, and I believe in literacy for liberation and fun.

Accomplishments:

  • 2 years of co-curating Youth Lit Day for Bay Area Book Festival
  • Over 2k attendees
  • Thousands of kids books donated to Bay Area students
  • 1700 Social Media followers
  • 400+ Stories
  • 100+ Creators, authors, illustrators, publishers, etc
  • 30+ Organizations
  • 10 years this year!
  • 8 Performers

7 years all volunteer, 2 years w/ small funding. Imagine what we could do with more. Wanna help us continue to grow this?

DONATE HERE

July 15, 2026
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Events- Renegade Craft Fair LA 1/2 table

Hey, here are a few photos from my visit to Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles. I was booth mates with Queenie from Dear Mello who sells plush bunnies Go check her out. Her and her husband were super sweet and this photo was taken by her hubby James Giovanni Pan.

This year was the first time in a while that I shared a booth so I worked on my booth a bit before I took off and coordinated w/ my booth mate.

Once the time came I got my stuff ready, packed up the whip, and headed to LA.

I got down there to this wide open field at LA Historic Park outdoors and lugged my stuff up to my spot with countless other artisans, lots of working class folks trying to earn a living.

Craft shows are work. You make the work, the art, you produce original or reprinted or manufactured versions of your work. You carry it to the venue and you set it up in a way that shows off your stuff and hopefully invites folks to become a fan, and ultimately buy this work.

I got to my booth where Queenie was beginning to arrive and we got to work.

Folks started to file in, some just passerbys and many loyal followers of Renegade Craft Fair which I’ve attended or participated in up in the Bay and Seattle. The show went pretty good for a spring show, I’d hoped to make more but I keep tweaking my set u, trying out different events and cities. The event was well organized and promoted for sure.

While I was there my friend and author Danielle Davis came by and snapped some cool photos of me. Thank you Danielle! I also met Tori Drew it who was cranking out drawings, Story artist Anson Jew, artsy couple Aishwarya Chandramohan & Brandon Liu, jewelry maker Aracheli Studio. That’s it for this show. After all was said and done I got some ice cream around the UCLA campus and headed back to the Bay.

Dig this? Check out my table set up for San JoseMade or Craneway Craft Fair.

June 11, 2026
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West Coast Craft Fair-I’m at Booth 308

I was a vendor at West Coast Craft Fair back in 2024 and I’ll be bringing the same love and energy this year with a few new stickers, prints, etc. I’ll have several kids books too. If you’ve never been to the event, it is a large craft fair where the makers are the stars. You have jewelry makers, potters, fashion designers, artists, houseware designers, cooks, foodies, and so many other types of makers. More info on the event here.

Here’s a quick video to show you the vibe at this event. I was at this exact event so I remember the rush of people and the wide array of folks there selling their work.

I will be at booth #308 so if you’re coming come say hi! If you have a friend who is vending there, an organizer, or friend going please tell them about me:)

Dig this? Check out some photos from past events!

June 5, 2026
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I’m on “Short Cuts” Podcast- Bay Area Book Festival

Watch: Hey fam, I’m on the Bay Area Book Festival podcast “Short Cuts” w/ Dora La Flora talking about this year’s festival happening in late May, tune in to learn more. And come to the Bay Area Book Festival happening May30-31st in Berkeley California. You can find out more about the Youth Lit Specific day here and get the broader schedule here.

Why go?

  • If you’re a book lover or someone who wants to get your kids reading or get something new to read, there is such a wide array of books there from kid lit to romance, poetry, non fiction, etc. Its there.
  • If you’re someone who works in this field or you’d like to work in it, this is s great opportunity to meet folks ion your field at your level and folks who’ve been doing this for a long time.
  • Lastly, support community led events as opposed to corporations.

Dig this? Check out the Bay Area Book Festival’s YouTube page

April 28, 2026
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Latinx Comic & Arts Fest 2026

For maybe the 3rd or 4th time I will be at this years @latinxcomicartsfest in Modesto California.

If you’ve never been to this con, there’s an abundance of warm, inviting folks, Raza, Lowriders, comics, kids books, art, indy creators, students, parents, educators, and all types of people from Central Cali, the Bay, LA, AZ, NYC, Mexico, and beyond. Mark your calendar now. More information here.

When: April 3rd & 4th , 11am-6pm
Where: Modesto Jr College (West Campus)

Shout out to the founder and bad ass Professor Dr Theresa Rojas and Modesto Jr College for hosting us. Shout out to Javier Cruz Winnick for this year’s art and Amber Padilla for the art badges!!!

Dig this? Check out San Jose Day or the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair

March 14, 2026
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Black Joy Parade 2026

Hey Fam, I’ll be at this year’s Black Joy Parade! Its been a few years since I was there and I’m excited to be back. I will have books, prints, and stickers. If you’re there come say hello! If you’ve never been, there is an actual parade at noon on the day of the event Sunday February 22nd. There are also performances, games, activities for kids, story times, tons of vendors, food, drinks, etc.

More information about the event here

Dig this? Check out my table set up from SJ Made 2024.

February 16, 2026
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Social Justice Children’s Book AWARD

So this is new for the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair, for the first time we’re giving away an award to 3 authors the night before the fair. Check out the awardees.

These are the three writers!

  • Raquel Donoso
  • Mona Damluji
  • Maya Gonzalez

RSVP for the event here whether you’ve been coming to the fair for years, you’re new, or you really support the kid lit world. Also, come check out the 9th annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair.

Dig this? Check out this article from Oaklandside

November 27, 2025
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Speaking @ Howard Zinn Book Fair

Hey fam, I’m excited to be a part of a panel discussion at the legendary @zinnfair in Frisco on Sunday Dec 7th about empowering kids w/Social Justice picture books. I’ll be w/my co-conspirators Laura Atkins and Innosanto Nagara and big shout out to Anne Broyles and Michelle Markel who’ve done the heavy lifting of organizing this.

Howard Zinn Book Fair is a historic Fair where u can get knowledge, exchange ideas, and come away w/Action plans for how we get rid of this fucked up system.

I’m going to be talking about “Alejandria Fights Back” pub by @feministpress written by @mucha_muchacha15 and @risehomestories and why the fight to keep people housed and to find affordable housing connects working class and poor folks of all backgrounds across the US.

LINK TO MORE INFO

Dig this? Check out the 9th Annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair

November 24, 2025
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9th Annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair

Fam, it’s that time of year. The 9th annual Social Justice Children’s Book Fair is upon us. This fair celebrates Bipoc, Queer, Immigrant, and Social Justice minded kid lit creators, literacy organizations, and the Bay kid lit community. We got over 50 creators, panels, performances, story time, and activities!!

Shout out The Conscious Kid and the Bay Area Book Festival for sponsoring this event!

Saturday Dec 6th, 11am-3pm in Oakland California

Its free and open to the public. If you’d like to attend, rsvp here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-social-justice-childrens-book-fair-tickets-1967246325717?aff=oddtdtcreator

Wanna help us get press? Send them the press release. Wanna see some photos from past fairs? Check out these albums of photos taken by Janine Macbeth, Mark Rea, Alejandra Domenzain, and more. Follow us on Instagram. Wanna see some press? Peep this from Ronnie’s List and Oaklandside.

November 20, 2025
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