Councilmembers San Kalmick, Natalie Moser and Gracey Lerrea-Van Der Mark listen to public comment during a city council meeting on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/20/packed-room-for-tonights-huntington-beach-city-council-meeting-about-screening-childrens-books-at-city-libraries/

Councilwoman Gracey Van Der Mark is proposing to limit or ban access to such books for kids, saying she’d learned that city libraries had recently given “pornographic” material to children.

Source: https://voiceofoc.org/2023/06/surf-city-politicians-want-to-decide-whats-obscene-at-the-local-library/

Gracey presented to Giovanni, who was named an Oprah Winfrey 25 Living Legend, his entitled “That Monday,” which he read aloud to the honoree as well.

Source: https://jamaicans.com/jamaican-poet-peter-gracey-honors-american-activist-and-poet-nikki-giovanni-with-poem-commemorating-her-birth-and-life/