New Videos Added to Time Out for Black Lives Digital Library

Edison, NJ - The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced new submissions for its Time Out for Black Lives reading program initiative, which aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The new additions will put the digital library to over 23 videos to date.

Junior guard Samir Stewart (Fort Lauderdale, FL / American Heritage) recently participated in the MAAC Time Out for Black Lives initiative, which aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans.
  
Stewart read the Overground Railroad ( Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome / Illustrator: James Ransome / Publisher: Holiday House), with the full video able to be accessed by clicking HERE.

Time Out for Black Lives features an interactive website, timeoutforblacklives.com, where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children's books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. Posted videos feature short biographies on each coach or student-athlete, with kid-friendly information such as the reader's hometown, favorite book and favorite basketball player. There are also "Let's Talk About It" resource guides to help parents and teachers start thought provoking discussions with children viewing the videos.

The newest round of submissions, which are now posted to timeoutforblacklives.com, can be found in the chart below.
 

Newest Videos Added
BOOK TITLE		AUTHOR		MAAC NARRATOR
Happy Hair		Mechal Renee Roe		Alexa Wallace Monmouth Women's Basketball
Together for Kwanzaa		Juwanda G. Ford		Billi Chambers Iona Women's Basketball
Brown Sugar Babe		Charlotte Watson Sherman		Ashley Williamson Siena Women's Basketball
This Is Your Time		Ruby Bridges		Lynn Milligan Rider Women's Basketball
Tiara's Hat Parade		Kelly Starling Lyons		Erika Joseph Canisius Women's Basketball
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball		Jen Bryant		Greg Paulus Niagara Men's Basketball
Frederick Douglas: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom		Frank Murphy		Daryl Banks III Saint Peter's Men's Basketball
Overground Railroad		Lesa Cline-Ransome		Samir Stewart Manhattan Men's Basketball
Our Children Can Soar		Michelle Cook		Jordan Jones Marist Men's Basketball
I Believe I Can		Grace Byers		Taj Benning Fairfield Men's Basketball
A Nigerian Myth: Now We Know Why Hippos Live in the Water		Elphinstone Dayrell		Nelly Junior Joseph Iona Men's Basketball
Every Little Thing		Cedella Marley		Baker Dunleavy Quinnipiac Men's Basketball

 
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children's books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC's United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer.  For more information, visit timeoutforblacklives.com.
 
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 8-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow @MAACHoops on Twitter.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Monmouth, Niagara, Quinnipiac, Rider, Saint Peter's and Siena.