Covid has drastically slowed us down and we are on the mend, but it’s also taught me a few things: 1. I’m strong enough to let go of things that don’t fulfill me. Being busy doesn’t sustain me nor help my family. It definitely doesn’t help the healing process. 2. Simplifying my life has allowed …
Author Archives: Melody McAllister
Veterans Day BookChat
This year has been one for the books. I mean that, literally. I have had so many wonderful bookchats with incredible authors. It’s a blessing that they would send me their beautiful work and allow me to talk about it with them on a LIVE platform. Sharing your work is hard. Going LIVE is no …
#ImSorryStory Bilingual Read Aloud with @BiscottiNicole
Updated with the link to the Bilingual reading of the I’m Sorry Story with Spanish translator, Nicole Biscotti!
The Most Important Learning: Growing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How you grow as an anti-racist educator and human will show in the lessons you design, the relationships you form, the tech you use, and the community roles you embrace. Y
Act Less White
Destructive Language Hurts ALL of Us If the “Act less white” headline from a Coca-Cola diversity training is leaving you feeling defensive, it should. You can’t control your skin color. You were born the color you are in. And honestly, the diversity trainings I’ve been part of as a participant and presenter have never made …
Momma’s Got a New Playlist
This is not a “Before Shot.” This is me feeling fantastic and loving me just as I am today. A fatter me to compare myself to isn’t going to make me more proud in a month’s or year’s time.
#ImSorryStory Book Birthday
It might seem silly to some that I got excited about the #ImSorryStory Book Birthday, but for me, it was celebrating a dream come true! The pandemic threw a wrench in my plans on introducing my book into the world, at least the way I saw it would be introduced with book signings in my …
WRAD is RAD! Join Us!
WRAD Beginnings The way Dorothy Lee explained how World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) came about is the coolest story, ever! It was a child’s idea and brainstorming that set the wheels in motion. Now, WRAD is a global movement! This is the twelveth year for it and we are partnering with Dorothy and all of …
Black History is For Everybody
Black History is American History.
I’m All of These
I still think I look much better with makeup, but someone I really care about, recently told me I am one of the most honest people she has ever met. So honestly, I’d like to be just as confident with or without all the cover-ups.
He Gave Me A Melody 