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This is your sign to go vote! 🇺🇸✊🏾 • One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy - Carol Anderson 📚 • (Wanna be featured on our page? Tag @thebookjoint_ in your pics😊) • SOURCE: @secondchapterbookstore • #diversereads #africandiaspora #bookstagram #bookcommunity #bibliophile #thebookjoint#blackbookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bipocbookstagram #reading #diversespines #readmorebooks #bookworm #bookrecommendations #blackauthors #blackgirlreading

😍 📚 Well ALRIGHT…..What a bookshelf ! Our awardees shared their fav book with us so we can get a literary taste of their “shelf awareness”! ❤️ Any of these titles your fav too…or on your TBR list? 🤔 Stay tuned for the reveal of the 37 stars we’re honoring on 37 North street this Saturday! A bookseum fundraiser event that blends a concert and awards ceremony with Sadie’s swag. Honoring Selfless leaders, Admirable Authors, Dedicated Disruptors, Innovative Indie Artists & Energizing Entrepreneurs. We are MORE than a bookstore! . . . . #diversereada #bipocauthors #bookseum #dopereads #morethanabookstore #blackownedbookstore

The inaugural "Places & Faces" turned out to be everything I imagined it could be and more! We had different generations, different viewpoints, and different life experiences that made this the dynamic conversation it was. We discussed our children, the communities we envision for the future, and ways to reactivate our political awareness as a people. Now the real work begins to stay connected and accountable in the endeavors and ideas we put forth last night. A Facebook group is coming so we can all stay connected and add members to this community we've started. ✌🏾 ❤️+ ✊🏾 to the people. See y'all January 1st for the next one to make some REAL new years resolutions. . . . #powertothepeople #commUNITY

Today is the day to have some REAL conversations on REAL subjects to get REAL answers. As a people we link up at the BBQ's & family events and end up discussing everything from our kids, our daily challenges, and our concerns for the future. All while simultaneously having a good time and fellowshiping with our neighbors. Let's have these same conversations with intention, and party with PURPOSE! If you love your community and want to see it better for the next generation, please join the conversation at the @roswellpark Community Outreach and Engagement Center this evening located at 907 Michigan Ave from 5 to 7:30 pm. You can rsvp by hitting the link in the bio or simply just pull up if & when you can. We'd love to have your input. There will be light refreshments, reading materials available for purchase provided by @secondchapterbookstore , community representatives from @bestselfwny & @sayyesbuffalo , along with our special guest speakers Desiree Kee & Rashied McDuffie. We look forward to seeing you there, and hearing your valuable ideas & self solutions. ✌🏾+✊🏾 beloveds.. . . . #PlacesandFaces #community #conversation #wellness #OurFuture

Day 2 of our Summer Artisan Market is here, and we can’t wait to bring you this fantastic lineup of incredible local businesses and artists! Pop in and experience locally cultivated art, pastries, libations, and more 🌞 *11AM - 4PM* 🐝 FREE ENTRY 🐝 LIVE MUSIC 🐝 PET FRIENDLY 🐝 4/20 FRIENDLY 🐝 FREE BOOKSWAP @thorns.and.longhorns @vee_ellis @wildflowerbeverages

Ain’t nothing like being surrounded by people who understand the importance, beauty, and power of Blackness. This week I got to love on and be loved on by some amazing people and I can’t wait to take all that I’ve learned and enhance the work that I do- my soul was fed. #TBH2024 #BlackToTheFuture

We are ecstatic to announce our thirteenth women-owned business, Second Chapter Bookstore. It is ran by Stephanie and Lisa! Second Chapter Bookstore is a Black-owned small business operated in Buffalo, NY. They don’t just sell books! As a mother-daughter duo, they combine their mutual passion for Black culture and love for reading to create spaces that cultivate joy, community, and shared learning while centering the Black experience. Shop for your summer reading here and attend their upcoming events! secondchapterbookstore.com

*Date Change Due to Weather* This SUNday, 6/30, join Ronnie the Frog & me at 10am for “Yay for Yoga!” storytime & Yoga Fun at @buffalowaterfront / Canalside’s first annual Children’s Book Festival presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York! @highmarkbluecrossblueshield (/events/canalside-childrens-book-festival) -FREE Celery Book for the first 300 children -Book vendors and community tabling starting at 10am with Talking Leaves Books, Second Chapter Bookstore, Bookstagab, Zawadi Books, Westside Stories Used Books, and Read It and Eat Box! -Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library book mobile on-site at 10:00am -Partake in different crafts and activities with EPIC - Every Person Influences Children, Explore & More - The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum, Making Waves Art Studio, Barb’s Book Buddies, Mari Fox Wellness (10am “Yay for Yoga!” Storytime & Yoga) and more! -Camp out at the Big Blue Adirondack chair for special programming such guest readings of different books, mindful movement activities, a kindness dance, a meet & greet with Celery, and more! -Free lawn games -Bookmark giveaways courtesy of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York -$1 off small cones at Nick Charlap’s Ice Cream, Inc. at Canalside with proof of bookmark -Amazing Eats food truck on site from 10am-2pm💫 • • • #repostthis #buffalowaterfront #canalside #childrensbookfestival #bookworks #buffalobookworms #thingstodo716 #buffalokids #canalsidechildrensbookfest2024 #yayforyoga #childrensauthor #booksofinstagram #yogaforkids #yogaismorethanposes #yogaeverywhere🙏 #marifoxwellness

We are excited to announce we will be joining @secondchapterbookstore this year for Reading in the Park!! The Buffalo Futures team will be there to read and connect community residents to career, training opportunities and additional wrap around supports.

💫Calling all bookworms! Join us for Canalside’s first annual Children’s Book Festival presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York on Saturday, June 29th! @buffalowaterfront -FREE Celery Book for the first 300 children -Book vendors and community tabling starting at 10am with Talking Leaves Books, Second Chapter Bookstore, Bookstagab, Zawadi Books, Westside Stories Used Books, and Read It and Eat Box! -Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library book mobile on-site at 10:00am -Partake in different crafts and activities with EPIC - Every Person Influences Children, Explore & More - The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum, Making Waves Art Studio, Barb’s Book Buddies, Mari Fox Wellness (10am “Yay for Yoga!” Storytime & Yoga) and more! -Camp out at the Big Blue Adirondack chair for special programming such guest readings of different books, mindful movement activities, a kindness dance, a meet & greet with Celery, and more! -Free lawn games -Bookmark giveaways courtesy of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York -$1 off small cones at Nick Charlap’s Ice Cream, Inc. at Canalside with proof of bookmark -Amazing Eats food truck on site from 10am-2pm💫 • • • #repostthis #buffalowaterfront #canalside #childrensbookfestival #canalsidechildrensbookfest2024 #yayforyoga #childrensauthor #booksofinstagram #yogaforkids #yogaismorethanposes #yogaeverywhere🙏 #marifoxwellness