Here are five ways you can support our mission:
1. Donate money.
Donations are the most direct way to help the Diverstories mission to amplify and empower diverse voices. Your donation allows us to:
Collaborate with Black-owned bookstores
Install Little Free Diverse Libraries with schools and organizations
Send books to distributors
Curate booklists
And more!
Here’s how it works: click on the “Donate” button below. Follow the form. Feel really good about making a difference.
2. Donate books.
When you purchase books to donate, you help us turn Little Free Libraries into Little Free Diverse Libraries.
Here’s how it works: the “Amazon Wishlist” button below leads you to a list of books, cultivated by Diverstories Founder Sarah Kamya. Any books you choose to purchase will be shipped directly to Sarah’s address. She will distribute the books into a Little Free Library in Massachusetts or New York. If you want to get involved as a book distributor, keep reading…
3. Distribute books.
Distributors are critical to increasing public access to stories written about and by Black and Brown people. Check out the Little Free Library map to make sure there is a Little Free Library near you to turn into a Little Free Diverse Library. If there isn’t a Little Free Library near you and you would like to build your own, keep reading…
Here’s how it works: fill out the google form below. We’ll get in touch with you, send you some books, and you will add them to your local LFL!
4. Support the Diverstories Bookshop.
Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. Organizations (like us) set up “shops” where you can browse and purchase books, either through the search bar or from the lists we created. When you purchase books from the Diverstories Bookshop, 10% of the proceeds go to Diverstories.
Here’s how it works: click the button below to buy books for yourself, your friends and family, or to add to a Little Free Library!
Note: You are not restricted to the books listed in our shop - feel free to use the search bar! As long as you see “Diverstories” in the top left hand of the webpage, you’re supporting us.
5. Start your own Little Free Diverse Library.
If you want to put up a Little Free Library box in your yard, in your community, with your school or organization, and keep it stocked with books - this option is for you!
Here’s how it works: we put together a guide to getting started with a Little Free Diverse Library, which includes two pages of frequently asked questions (FAQs). This guide helps answer any questions you might have about putting up and maintaining a Little Free Diverse Library!
Note: If you are a school or community organization who would like to be sponsored by Diverstories, please contact us for more details.