A 9-year-old girl got people to finally stop thinking of the peach-colored crayon as the ‘skin-color’ crayon
Each week, she receives dozens and sometimes hundreds of drawings from children who want to show her their colorful creations. A recent package included a letter from a teacher in California that read: “Dear Bellen, Thank you for all your hard work to help make every kid feel included! We drew you some pictures to show our appreciation.
When I spoke to Bellen on a recent evening, the sixth-grader was focused on getting through a week filled with dance classes, a trip to Kings Dominion and her final days of school. She planned to choose her words for the Sunday event later. But she knew what message she hoped to convey to those girls: They should trust in themselves and the quality of their ideas.
“If I was doing something and saw no one really cared, that would probably lower my confidence and lower how much I want to keep doing this,” Bellen said. “But if I see it’s working and something is changing, it makes me want to keep going. And I definitely have seen the impact.”I asked how she felt knowing people would soon be reading a book that tells her story.
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