Anika Nailah founded Books of Hope, a Boston-area youth literacy empowerment organization in 1999 that helped young people in a public housing project write, publish, and sell their own books.She directed it until 2004. The program was so popular that hundreds of youth became authors and recruited their family and friends. Books of Hope is still going strong.
Here is a video clip that tells the back story.
Anika continues her work as a literacy/social justice educator by consulting for individuals and groups on issues of diversity. She specializes in working with educators and social workers.
For more about Anika’s consulting work, please visit Tough Conversations.