Words Bring Worlds Together
An author coalition.
We unite annually to send a humanitarian message and take follow-up actions.
Welcome!
About Us
Our Team
Our History
Our History
Padma Venkatraman, Aida Salazar, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Stacey Lee, Sarah Aronson, Alison Green Myers, Miranda Paul, Chris Tebbetts, Kristin Russo, Victoria Coe, Elly Swartz, Laura Shovan, Megan Hoyt, Lynn Miller Lachmann, Leslie Connor and others were the founding members of this effort.
In 2021, the team was honored that other au
Padma Venkatraman, Aida Salazar, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Stacey Lee, Sarah Aronson, Alison Green Myers, Miranda Paul, Chris Tebbetts, Kristin Russo, Victoria Coe, Elly Swartz, Laura Shovan, Megan Hoyt, Lynn Miller Lachmann, Leslie Connor and others were the founding members of this effort.
In 2021, the team was honored that other authors expressed an interest in joining the effort, including : MinhLe, Jenny Sanchez, Asma Dassu, Nandini Bajpai, Amitha Knight, Kathleen Burkinshaw, Aimee Lucido, Anika Denise, Susan Ross and others. Our team provides the momentum that helps us bring our community together - and together, as a community, we can affect change. If you'd like to know more, or assist with our effort on April 20th, 2021, or help in future years, we welcome you to reach out to Padma Venkatraman or Laura Shovan anytime.
Our History
Our History
Our History
This is a grassroots hashtag campaign that began in April 2020, when the community of authors (especially those writing for children and young adults) came together to send a message encouraging readers to take COVID-19 seriously. The team that came together spontaneously decided to make this an annual event, during which authors coalesce
This is a grassroots hashtag campaign that began in April 2020, when the community of authors (especially those writing for children and young adults) came together to send a message encouraging readers to take COVID-19 seriously. The team that came together spontaneously decided to make this an annual event, during which authors coalesce to send a strong, nuanced and sensitive social justice message and follow up with a voluntary action. In 2020, this voluntary action will be a book drive, in conjunction with Books Are Wings. In future years, #AuthorsTakeAction is honored to partner with #WNDB to help hone the social justice message.
On April 20, 2021, the team will be working to spread messages against racist hate together with #DiverseVerse.
Our Mission
Our History
Our Mission
We believe in the power of words - otherwise we wouldn't be writers. We believe that when people come together to send a focused message, it creates positive ripples.
We are aware that authors have several demands on their time, but we welcome them to make a change by joining our annual messaging campaign followed by a practical action st
We believe in the power of words - otherwise we wouldn't be writers. We believe that when people come together to send a focused message, it creates positive ripples.
We are aware that authors have several demands on their time, but we welcome them to make a change by joining our annual messaging campaign followed by a practical action step to which everyone may contribute as much as they can.
On April 20, 2021, we ask anyone who wishes, to create a message against racist hate by quoting from a poem by a BIPOC poet and thus amplifying a BIPOC poet's voice, while also adding a personal message about racist hate.
For details, enter our website or please visit the diverse verse website at diverseverse.com