Spokane Public Library: International Orange Shirt Day | September 30

Spokane WA

25 September, 2021

11:47 AM

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Press release from Spokane Public Library: September 24, 2021 September 30 marks Orange Shirt Day, a time to acknowledge the effects of residential schools in Canada for Indigenous Peoples and support survivors of the residential school experience. To share our support of Orange Shirt Day, we created a list of children's and young adult titles sharing perspectives of the residential school experience. In honor of this occasion, be sure to check out the orange lights around downtown Spokane for Orange Shirt Day. Learn more about Orange Shirt Day here When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton Book Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton Book A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton (sequel to Fatty Legs) Book When We Were Alone by David Robertson Book Apple: skin to the core by Eric Gansworth Book Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith Book   Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Branch Info → Press "OK" to close this dialog and continue. You can try again or press "Cancel" to close this dialog.   This press release was produced by Spokane Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.