We are a pair of women who love each other. We are guided by the Hebrew phrase תיקון עולם, Tikkun Olam, which roughly translates to English as repair of the world. We do this work together in an attempt to repair the parts of us that need mending, and to help ourselves and others in the love and repair work we do with the young people in our lives.
Grace Aldrich
Grace Aldrich is a mom, storyteller, facilitator, and Black woman living on unceded Penacook territory now called Southern New Hampshire. In addition to local performances and workshops, she has co-facilitated programs at the Parliament of World Religions and Kripalu. In 2018 she was co-creator of a popular regional library series called Talking About Race: Staying Curious, Moving Forward, and Being a Part of the Solution. She is committed to inviting people to find belonging by questioning the outmoded stories they carry that cause harm.
Emma Redden
Emma Redden is a preschool teacher and community organizer living on occupied Abenaki land, in what is now called Northern Vermont. She is white, Jewish and Irish. She believes in education as a means to create a more free and tender world, and that young children are the best co-conspirators in this project. She is deeply committed to teaching about race and colonialism and has found that preschoolers are incredibly flexible in their thinking, and curious and engaged around these topics. She has written a book about talking with young children about race and racial violence.