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Marley Dias

Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks; Author & Activist

Marley Dias, the precocious and purpose-driven founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks.

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Marley Dias, the precocious and purpose-driven founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, author of “Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!” and Editor in Residence of her own digital ‘zine Marley Mag on Elle.com, whose successful campaign has garnered over 6 billion media impressions. #1000BlackGirlBooks, is an international movement to collect and donate children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character.

Marley launched the #1000BlackGirlBooks drive in November of 2015, leveraging the power of social media to reach a larger audience. The goal was to collect 1,000 books featuring Black female protagonists by February 2016. The story went viral and was picked up by media outlets around the world as well as bloggers, schools, youth-focused organizations and millions of individuals who wanted to participate in the project.

Marley has collected over 11,000 books to-date. Marley has spoken at the White House’s United State of Women alongside Michelle Obama and Oprah, The Forbes Women’s Summit, United Nation’s Girl Up, Inbound, CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the Social Innovation Summit and several others. In light of the campaign’s huge success, Marley has appeared on Ellen, CBS This Morning, and The Today Show. In her Editor in Residency at ELLE, Marley has interviewed Ava DuVernay, Misty Copeland and Hillary Clinton for Elle.com. Marley has been featured in a Microsoft Commercial and a Disney World Resorts digital campaign. Marley is a 21 under 21 Teen Vogue Ambassador and the youngest member of the Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2018.

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