Mansfield Youth Services and Mansfield Advocates for Children present

Jazz and Friends 2021!

Register here to participate in the Books Buddies program craft and receive a book (limited to 10):.

Activity kits will be available for participants that will include a copy of "My Rainbow" and all necessary craft supplies. An email containing information for pick up will be sent after registration for the event closes.

Folks who wish to show their support for transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth are welcome to join the virtual reading as well. Click here for the general link to join the community reading.

We're joining the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Welcoming Schools, the National Education Association, and the American Association of School Librarians to show our support for transgender and non-binary youth in this year's Jazz and Friends Community Reading. We will be reading My Rainbow by Trinity and DeShanna Neal, and I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings. These books are wonderful as mirrors for kids who are transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming AND windows for kids who aren't to learn ways to be an ally and supportive to people who might be different than they are.

For more information, please call 860.429.3338