In this episode, we featured Marley Dias, the social activist and literary advocate behind #1000BlackGirlBooks. Marley told us how she came with her project, #1000BlackGirlBooks, and how she hopes to continue her mission to inspire and empower those around her. We talk about what motivates her to do what she does and how others like her can change the world around them. Part 1 cover art

In this episode, we featured Marley Dias, the social activist and literary advocate behind #1000BlackGirlBooks. Marley told us how she came with her project, #1000BlackGirlBooks, and how she hopes to continue her mission to inspire and empower those around her. We talk about what motivates her to do what she does and how others like her can change the world around them. Part 1

In this episode, we featured Marley Dias, the social activist and literary advocate behind #1000BlackGirlBooks. Marley told us how she came with her project, #1000BlackGirlBooks, and how she hopes to continue her mission to inspire and empower those around her. We talk about what motivates her to do what she does and how others like her can change the world around them. Part 1

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 Marley Dias is the promising, 11 year-old social activist behind #1000BlackGirlBooks, an international movement to collect and donate children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character. Since birth, Marley has been immersed in the world of social activism, surrounded by a village of caring, concerned, active adults and children dedicated to service to humanity, and specifically people of African descent. When she was 5 years old, her mother, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, co-founded the GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF), a public health and social action organization dedicated to the support and empowerment of people who live in impoverished communities, especially women and young girls. Her father, Scott Dias, is a Real Estate Analytical Geographer. Both parents have been instrumental in developing Marley’s understanding of key social justice issues and commitment to social change. When she became frustrated by a lack of Black female role models in her school books—and her mother asked her...

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