Connecting the Dots : Celebrating the Alternatives Library
There will be guest speakers, delicious refreshments, and library tours of our collection. Invite your friends and family to come experience this incredible resource.
6:00 pm – Library Tours & Social Hour
Pizza & other refreshments served
7:00 pm – Connecting the Dots
Presentation about the new shelving scheme model
7:30 pm – Curator Panel
Discussion with Alt Library Volunteer Curators
- Paula Ioanide on Prison Studies & Abolition
- Melissa Madden on Agriculture & Climate Change
- Rebecca John on Feminism & Gender Studies
- Friede Rica on Biocentrism & Environmental Studies
- Kenton Cobb on Masculinity Studies & Anti-Sexism
- Kara Timmins on Health, Herbalism & Plant Lore
8:15 pm – Media & Social Movements
Open Forum Discussion about Alternatives Library’s Role in shaping and sustaining local efforts toward social change.
The Alternatives Library is a place where ideas & culture converge. Our collection reflects decades of careful selection and a passion for social transformation. The most basic operation of the library, sharing this amazing collection, is completely free to the public. Beyond this, the Alternatives Library represents a space in our community where many different cultural frameworks, world views, and paths come together. Through our collection, the Alternatives Library upholds a deep rooted commitment towards cooperation, solidarity, and collective liberation.
In the past year, we’ve created a dozen new shelving sections for our collection. Through our new website and the volunteer curator program, we’ve developed our collection to reflect local social movements & issues of concern. We’d like to invite you to join us in celebration of our new shelving scheme, Thursday, March 7th from 6:00-9:00 pm.
New sections at the Alternatives Library include (in alphabetical order of course) Anarchist Studies, Asian American Studies, Biocentrism, Critical Race Feminism, Community Organizing, DIY Self-Sufficiency, Food Justice, Graphic Novels, Herbalism & Plant Lore, Hip Hop, LGBTQ Studies, Local Recreation, Race & Ethnicity Studies, Sexual Health, and a unique archive of people’s history posters.
More information about the library & our programs at www.alternativeslibrary.org
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