S E1106: Bellen Woodard: One Crayon at A Time

This Is Karen Hunter

Knarrative

Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.5 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Karen speaks with Bellen Woodard, 9, a “crayon activist.” She saw there were no crayons to match some of the skin tones in her classroom. So she began to “change the language” about skin-colored crayons. She used her own money to make packets of crayons in diverse skin tones. She gave them to other kids. Bellen now has her own brand of multicultural crayons. It’s called Bellen’s More than Peach.

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and here's the story of how I became the world's first
0:16.1	Korean activist at just eight years old. One day at school, my friend asked me for
0:20.3	the skin-colored crayon. I knew they meant the peach color
0:22.9	crayon but it didn't feel right to me because not everyone's skin color is
0:26.2	peach. My mom made a suggestion for how to respond but that didn't feel right
0:30.3	to me either. I decided to create my own solution instead, starting with asking which
0:34.6	one, skin could be any number of beautiful colors. Soon my teacher, my classmates,
0:40.1	in my entire school for answering the Skin Clark Korean question like me.
0:44.4	I learned if I could make this change at my school. I could make an even bigger change
0:49.2	around the country and even the world. I started the More Than Peach Project and my very own brand
0:55.4	to share more than Peach skin color crayons representing all shades with kids
0:59.9	everywhere. Now everyone can have a crayon that represents them.
1:03.0	I hope my story inspires you to make a change in your own community.
1:07.0	Together, we can make sure no kid is disincluded one crayon at a time.
1:11.0	One crayon at a time. Eight-year-old Bellin Woodard started a movement,
1:18.4	more than peach, and now she is an author of the book More Than Peach,
1:23.6	Changing the World One Crayon at a time.
1:27.0	Welcome to the show.
1:28.0	She's now 11, CEO, Crayon activist,
1:31.5	Bellin Woodard.
1:32.6	Welcome.
1:33.5	Hello.
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