Kayla Hostetler, English Teacher at Aiken High School in South Carolina, and Jamon Dubose, BLTN NextGen Youth Ambassador, have collaborated to publish “We Be Family,” an article on building communities that feel like family. The chapter is in the collection, We Be Lovin’ Black Children: Learning to Be Literate about the African Diaspora. (Myers Education Press 2021, Edited by Gloria Swindler Boutte, Joyce Elaine King, George Lee Johnson, Jr., and LaGarrett J. King). All proceeds from the book go to the Center for the Education and Equity of African American Students.
“It was very fun writing a chapter together,” comments Kayla. “We laughed reviewing memories to build the chapter. We learned a lot about how to balance both of our voices and connect back into the larger framework of the overall book. We hope that the book will be purchased by educators and community organizations, to center their focus on loving Black children.”
In May of 2021, BLTN Journal editor, Tom McKenna interviewed Hostetler and Dubose about their experience writing the text together.
An interview with Kayla Hostetler and Jamon Dubose about their co-published chapter “We Be Family”
