April Javist

Let’s make things more fair. Humanitarian. Literature. History.

[❤ JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, Author & Educator ❤ @janaybrownwood]

Beyond excited to share that this morning, I signed a contract for BOOK. NUMBER. TEN! Say whaaaaaaat?

I am so, so grateful to @GrencikKaren @RedFoxLiterary and all those who have helped and continue to help me along my writer's journey.

[April Javist @AprilJavist]

C.K. Mcclatchy High School Boys Soccer https://t.co/jicj0z4Tam

[Sacramento Public Library @saclib]

📚 + 🌞 = 🧠

Lily, our #SummerReading prize winner at Central Library, was thrilled to receive an Ozobot Coding Kit. She starts 2nd grade in the fall. Because she continued reading over the summer she is now ready to pick up where she left off in 1st grade — if not beyond that.

[Sacramento Public Library @saclib]

Today we celebrated LeVar Burton Day and Summer Reading with the man himself at the LeVar Burton Park dedication in South Sacramento!

With @levarburton, @LarryCarrD8 and @Mayor_Steinberg.

#todaywasagoodday #LeVarBurton #Read4SacKids #SummerReading #LibrariesTransform

[ABRAMS Kids @abramskids]

A timely and necessary read about the history and legacy of the LGBTQ+ movement, and just in time for #Pride2019 / #Stonewall50. Happy #BookBirthday to @GaylePitman's #StonewallRiotsBook. 🌈 🎉 https://t.co/1QSey0D6Ir

[April Javist @AprilJavist]

@danpallotta Let’s create a lobbying firm.

[Beth Ruyak @bethruyak]

A new color-coded map of literacy in SacCty: nowhere are kids reading at 95% of grade level and in fact, 3 of 5 students aren’t. @AprilJavist says: Crisis. @saclib @saclibFriends https://t.co/r5Tyjyuuqe

[First Book @FirstBook]

“The Cost of Empty Bookshelves” by @KyleFirstBook - https://t.co/pzTdVVMUrY

[Mayor Pro Tem Eric Guerra, City of Sacramento @EricZGuerra]

Vote Centers are open in #Sacramento County! More ways & days to vote! Thanks @SacLFCC for your support & hosting the kick-off! #Vota! @AlexPadilla4CA @Mayor_Steinberg @JaySchenirer

[Adhiti Bandlamudi @oddity_adhiti]

Ste’vonte, #StephonClark’s brother, embraces a boy in the crowd. “I love you. I’m out here for you.” #BlackLivesMatter

[IMLS @US_IMLS]

Now in its fifth year, @saclib’s Lunch at the Library initiative provides free summer lunches for kids 18 and younger. In summer 2017, the initiative expanded to 10 library sites and served 10,761 meals! #ShareYourStory #IMLSmedals