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Welcome!

My name is NJ Mvondo.
I’m writer, storyteller, cultural educator, actor, musician, social entrepreneur and the founder of Multiculturalism Rocks!, an organization that celebrates cultural diversity in the arts, with a strong emphasis in children’s books. While i find heritage months wonderful, I also believe that one needs not to wait for a particular season to celebrate the cultural richness of our world. Like any other mainstream successes, multicultural books, and culturally diverse media in general, are not just a wonderful source of information. They also provide a great escapism and, dare i say, promote world peace. What is there not to like? *smile*

Multiculturalism Rocks is home to a BIPOC Bookstore and to the Interactive Healing Arts Project. It also inspired the creation of Multicultural Families Rock.

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MC Grants, Scholarships & Contests

#DVPit
#PitMad
Angela Johnson Scholarship for New Students of Color or Ethnic Minority
Día Grant – CSMCL
Funds for Writers
Highlights Foundation Scholarships
Jack Jones Literary Retreat
Louise Merriwether First Book Prize
Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship
Poets&Writers Grants List
SCBWI Awards & Grants
Speculative Literature Foundation Grants
Sustainable Arts Foundation
WNDB Walter Grant

Resources for Writers/Illustrators

Cynsations
drydenbks
Free Expressions
Hedgebrook
Highlights Foundation Workshops
Kid's Book Revisions
Laura Atkins, Children's Book Editor
Literary Rambles
Manuscript Wish List
Muslim Writers Club
Picture Book Academy
Romance Writers of America
SCBWI
School of the Free Mind
The Purple Crayon

Diversity-focused Publishing Houses

Amistad Publishing
Arte Público Press
Blood Orange Press
CCBC – Complete List of Small Publishers
Just Us Books
Lee & Low Books
Little Pickle Press
Month9Books
Move Books
Reflection Press
Tamarind Books
TU Books

MultiCultural Magazines

Anansesem
Bookbird
FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology
High Five Bilingüe™ Magazine
Kahani
Kweli Journal
Skipping Stones

Book Reviewers

American Indians in Children's Literature
Booktoss
Crazy Quilts
De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children
Diversity in YA
Flowering Minds
La Bloga
Latinxs in kid lit
Ms. Yingling Reads
Playing by the Book
Pragmatic Mom
Read in Colour
Read It Real Good
Reading (as) (I)an (am)erica
Rich in Color
The Brown Bookshelf
The Horn Book

LGBTQIA

I'm Here. I'm Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?
Malinda Lo
the active voice
YA Pride

African Children's Literature

Books of Africa
Cassava Republic Press
The Golden Baobab

Arabic Children's Literature

Muslim Children's Books
Rukhsana Khan's Books
Salaam Reads

Asian Children's Literature

Asian American children's Booklists (Pragmatic Mom)
Asian Festival of Children's Content
Kitaabworld
Saffron Press
Shen's Books

Latinx and Latin American Children's Literature

Bilingual Titles for Kids (Hispanic Mama)
Latinx and Latin American Titles (Social Justice Books)

Native American Children's Literature

Best Books (from Dr. Debbie Reese's list on AICL)
Native American Children's Literature Recommended Reading List
Red Planet Books & Comics

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