Before we dive back into blogging, T.S. and I thought we should address something really important. We wanted to make a statement about our commitment to diversity.
After the publication of our first three books back in 2013, I got a call from T.S. She told me that she was looking over the prints and realized that we had overlooked something extremely important. Our books lacked diversity. We were mortified that we hadn’t even noticed. Unfortunately, the books were already printed and there was not much we could do about it at that point. In 2015 we changed publishers and were able to make some changes to our books. For these releases T.S. edited the art to include a more diverse group of children and adults. And when we finally released our fourth book, we tried to make sure that children from all over the world could see themselves represented somewhere in the pages. Last month, I was updating our website and found an old blog post featuring dream catchers that has now been deleted (here's why) we will replace it with something else, stay tuned. We’re still learning. We’re still calling ourselves out daily. But we’re doing the work. This is still something that we consider when creating our books and it is something that we will always consider. We recognize that pagans are a beautifully diverse group of people. We recognize that this diversity is not always found in race, ability, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality, but also in belief systems. We strive to honor that diversity in all we do for the Pagan Children Learning Series. Sometimes, we miss the mark. It’s going to happen, we’re human after all. But we will do our best and make corrections as soon as we realize we've made an error. Sincerely, Rowan and T.S.
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