Name: Vanessa Little Celebration of Life
Start: 2024-09-22T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-09-22T15:00:00-06:00
Location: Concrete Couch

Join us on September 22 from 1-3 pm at Concrete Couch to celebrate Vanessa Little. This gathering honors Lil Miss Storyhour's life and legacy in the Colorado Springs community.
Vanessa passed away on July 9, 2024. She was dedicated to the diversification and decolonization of bookshelves everywhere. As a long-time educator with more than 30 years of experience teaching and working with individuals of all ages and marginalizations Vanessa was passionate about integrating literature into all areas of learning, especially math, science, and the arts.
Art was always a source of healing and emotional release, activism for Vanessa. In addition to activities in the arts, Vanessa was passionate about education, youth outreach, and self-care/alternative medicine. Vanessa sang and danced with her heart and from the depths of her soul. Many people who have heard Vanessa sing have commented that they can feel the emotion in her singing. Her story times have been coined as intergenerational, as they reach humans in all stages of life. She has also been unofficially nicknamed “A Modern Day Mr. Rogers.”
Vanessa hoped to bring more awareness to disabilities, racism, ageism, and sexism, and help heal hearts by bringing them together through her singing, her poetry and writing, her dance, and especially her story time events. Her desire is for little ones specifically to see themselves in print, know that they are capable of doing anything, and hopefully grow up to tell and write the stories of their ancestors as a legacy for generations to come.