MEET MY MISSISSIPPI
Promoting a positive Mississippi has always been near and dear to Patricia’s heart. Adapted from the poem Meet My Mississippi by Patricia Neely-Dorsey, the Meet My Mississippi children’s book is an excellent educational tool and fun literary tour guide filled with interesting facts about Mississippi. It is a wonderful way to share love and knowledge of Mississippi across generations.
The book showcases some of the best that Mississippi has to offer in a kid-friendly format. It’s perfect for kids from 8 to 80! The reader can explore Mississippi landmarks and legends through poetic verse while enjoying over 40 AMAZING ILLUSTRATIONS by a Mississippi artist.
The book invites EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE to KNOW More About Mississippi, LEARN More About Mississippi and LOVE More About Mississippi!
From the author :
Bills were submitted in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 legislative sessions for consideration of Meet My Mississippi as state poem, but the bills did not make it out of committee.We are hoping that things will be different in 2019.
We are trying to get the book/poem into every Mississippi home, school , library and museum as possible! We hope that exposure and use of the poem will increase the chances of getting the poem passed as state poem in the next legislative session.
A Positive Mississippi
I am very passionate about Promoting a Positive Mississippi , especially to the youth of our state. I want to EDUCATE the world that there is more to Mississippi than all of the negatives usually portrayed. I want to EMPOWER our children with knowledge that will help to instill a sense of pride in our state. I want to EQUIP our children with knowledge that will help to combat all of the negative images that they are constantly bombarded with. I want to ENLIGHTEN all to a new way of thinking about Mississippi. I want to use my poem “Meet My Mississippi ” to help to teach the children of our state ( and people of all ages ) some important things about Mississippi in a way that can be easily understood , remembered and recalled. No Mississippi child should be without this book !
Update: Patricia hosts a weekly show entitled Meet My Mississippi: authors and artists on Hill Country Network each Friday morning at 9 AM. See my behind-the-scenes blog post here.
How you can help:
Please e-mail or write letters to Rules Committee chair and Tourism Committee chair in support of Meet My Mississippi for state poem !!!
Terry C. Burton, Chairman; tburton@senate.ms.gov
Gray Tollison, Vice-Chairman-gtollison@senate.ms.gov
HOUSE TOURISM CHAIR : REPRESENTATIVE BECKY CURRIE
Email: bcurrie@house.ms.gov