San Mateo Daily Journal
By Curtis Driscoll
Reach and Teach Books in San Mateo has been named small business of the year in the district of state Sen. Josh Becker, D-San Mateo, with the store owners honored at a recent Sacramento celebration.
“We are trying to create a business that makes the world more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive,” Reach and Teach co-owner Craig Wiesner said. “To have an award this year where they recognize us feels really fantastic.”
Wiesner and his husband and business partner, Derrick Kikuchi, were recognized at California’s Small Business Association’s 2022 Small Business Day celebration in Sacramento on Aug. 17, going on a tour of the Capitol and Becker’s office. At lunch, the couple spoke with Becker about their shared values of social justice and presented him with a copy of Civio, a card game available at their store highlighting major civil rights decisions.