I’m grateful for these evocative invitations to lift up the values of humanity. Each entry is a call to creative resistance. –Robin Wall Kimmerer A full year of dynamic, uplfting artwork to sustain us through challenging times. The diverse array of media and styles – murals, painting, illustration, photography, and mixed media – will enrich your days throughout 2026. Dio Cramer's powerful cover art calls us to resist together to Hold Strong to our values. Provocative... Inspirational... Visionary... Essential. • Over 400 people’s history dates • Holidays for many faiths • Lunar cycles, 13 native moons • Monthly action steps NEW ISBN: 978-1-956301-10-6 JANUARY I Am... Tijay Mohammed, mixed media ©2023 Public education (50 million students in the US) is key to brighter futures for each child and our society. Public schools provide not only general curriculum to help children understand the world around them, but opportunities for kids from diverse backgrounds to come together, learn, share experiences and build relationships. Effective public schools can also reduce inequality by providing children from underprivileged backgrounds with education, skills and connections to help them break the cycle of poverty. Ghanaian-born artist Tijay Mohammed includes Ghanaian symbols to combine traditional wisdom with academic knowledge. The current administration seeks to demonize public schools by pitting teachers and parents against each other, banning books, attacking queer kids and attempting to ban teaching about race, gender, current events and the unsavory parts of American history. While many improvements are certainly needed, a strong public education system is the foundation of a thriving society and we must fight privatization of education and protect public schools. FEBRUARY The Man Who Built a Library - related Children's Book Eric Velasquez, oil ©2017 Among the most pernicious myths underlying the political exclusion of Blacks after Reconstruction was the notion that Black people had no history worth recalling. Popular culture, schools, histories and textbooks depicted a people whose story began with enslavement. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938) demolished that lie. Bibliophile, historian and political activist, Schomburg found his intellectual and spiritual liberation in correcting and documenting the heritage of the African diaspora. His collected works in print, art and music – nearly 3,000 volumes, over 1,100 pamphlets, and many valuable prints and manuscripts – included origin