Newsletters
January 2024
OHBD 2024 – More Ambitious Goals & BIG DREAMS Realized & Planned
September 2023
Increasing Impact through Imagination and Inspiration
May 2023
Celebrating a new library, new titles, and more adventures in literacy!
April 2023
Back in Ethiopia and Celebrating Our Volunteers This Month
December 2022
Reflections, Dog Years, “Impossible” Goals! Taking Our Momentum Into 2023 to Increase Impact!
August 2022
OHBD heads to IBBY International Congress, Ready Set Go books wins honors and awards and more adventures in literacy!
February 2024
Trust + Leaps of Faith = Impact
October 2023
Trust + Leaps of Faith = Impact
June 2023
Seven Years In, Reflecting on Progress and Working on Next BOLD Goals TOGETHER
March 2023
Celebrating Women’s History and Appreciating the Gifts of Strong Women
November 2022
Giving Tuesday, new releases and thoughts on gratitude and leaps of faith, inspiring hope and action
July 2022
Proudly Printed in Ethiopia, Perseverance, Our New 1MM Book Goal & Teaching STEM Lab Manuals and more
March 2024
Happy Women’s History month! The Women of OHBD Are Doing Our Part!
November 2023
Giving, Transitions, and Growth!
July 2023
Celebrating Old and New As We Constantly Learn and Grow!
February 2023
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Celebrating Black History and Lessons from our Etan Collaboration Launch |
October 2022
New language, new library, new places to find our books and more adventures in literacy!
June 2022
The Power of a Broader Perspective: The Ability to See How Much Is Really Possible!
April 2024
In Progress!
December 2023
2023 year-end recap: Travel, collaboration, more books & libraries!
August 2023
Reflections on a Summer’s End, the Fragility of Life and What Keeps Me Going
January 2023
OHBD in 2023 – our Big Goals need New Strategies to Increase Visibility and Support
Sept. 2022
OHBD goes to Malaysia, new website and more adventures in literacy!
May 2022
Giving Big and Managing Ups and Down! Lessons in Resilience, Healing and Life.
April 2022
Give Big 2022, Volunteer Month, Resetting Expectations
March 2022
Celebrating Women’s History
Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope
Feb. 2022
We Celebrate Black History All Year: Our Collective History & Destiny
January 2022
2021 Year in Review: It’s Always Day One
December 2021
Ending 2022 with gratitude and hope! And another Match Challenge
November 2021
Practice Gratitude and Give What You Can! Help Us Spread Joy and Hope from Far and Near.
October 2021
Creating More Positive, Impactful Ripples through Collaboration
September 2021
The Power of Connection
August 2021
Lessons Learned from Empower Community Weekend 2021
July 2021
Scaling Your Leadership – Learning from our Virtual OHBD Future Leadership Computer Science Boot Camp
June 2021
Open Hearts Big Dreams - Five Years Into the Organizational Journey
May 2021
Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader
April 2021
Celebrating our Invaluable Volunteers
March 2021
Women Making History – Past, Present and Future!
February 2021
Black History is Our History and Highlights the Power of Inclusion
January 2021
Author, Amharic, Africa, Award: My Journey Back to Where I Started
December 2020
Learning to Let Go and Stay Open – Reflections on Progress and Learnings from 2020
November 2020
In these turbulent times across both the US and Ethiopia, I am finding gratitude a refuge.
October 2020
Think big. Then step-by-step work backward.
September 2020
And then the smoke came: The importance of resilience and perseverance.
August 2020
All Is Possible with Friendship, Faith, and Funds
July 2020
The Only Constant Is Change
June 2020
#WeAreInThisAllTogether
May 2020
Leading Through A Pandemic
April 2020
The Ability to Choose Our Response
March 2020
Representation Matters . . .A LOT!
February 2020
A Shared History and A Shared Destiny
January 2020
A Time for Reflection and Setting Intentions
December 2019
Literacy Has Amazing Power
November 2019
We've Had A Great Year!
October 2019
An Accidental Social Entrepreneur
September 2019
Each Act of Support Ripples Out in Beautiful Ways
August 2019
The Learning Continues Every Day
July 2019
Board Members “Are Critical”
June 2019
We Live in a Fully Connected World
May 2019
#RelationshipsAreTheTrueCurrency
April 2019
My Amazing Trip to Ethiopia - by Leyla Angelidis
March 2019
Meet People Where They Are If You Want to Impact Real and Lasting Change
February 2019
Books for All 4 Million First Graders
January 2019
Heading Back to Ethiopia
December 2018
Collaboration Help Achieve Bold Goals
November 2018
Stories Have Power
October 2018
Combining Passions: Increasing Inclusion and Opportunities for Kids
September 2018
Model Programs Recognize Innovation and Increase Collaboration
August 2018
Empowering Kids to Transform Their Future.