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Christine Platt is a passionate advocate for social justice and policy reform. Her work centers on teaching culture, equity, and inclusion through the transformative power of storytelling.
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Christine Platt has over ten years of experience as an advocate for social justice and policy reform. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. Christine currently serves as a Culture, Equity & Inclusion Expert for non-profit and for-profit organizations. She formerly served as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University. A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s work centers on teaching culture, equity, and inclusion through culturally-responsive literature for people of all ages.
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Christine Platt has over ten years of experience as an advocate for social justice and policy reform. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. Christine currently serves as a Culture, Equity & Inclusion Specialist for non-profit and for-profit organizations. She formerly served as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University. Prior to her tenure at the Antiracism Center, Christine served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the US Department of Energy where her work focused on energy efficiency in low-income and Indigenous communities.
A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s work centers on teaching culture, equity, and inclusion through culturally-responsive literature for people of all ages. Her debut novel, The Truth About Awiti, won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction and is currently used in high schools, colleges and universities to teach the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. ABDO Books recently published Christine’s highly anticipated children series, Ana & Andrew, featuring siblings learning about African-American history and culture. And in 2020, ABDO Books will release Sheroes: Real Wonder Women, which will teach young readers about extraordinary women throughout history, including Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and Sacagawea, and Trailblazers: Martin Luther King Jr. (Little Tiger Press/Stripes Publishing.)
Christine is a member of the Association of Black Women Historians, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and serves on the Board of Directors for Lee Montessori Public Charter School in Washington, DC.