America is indeed a great melting pot. Even in our own community, numerous nationalities and cultures are represented. With such a diverse population come numerous beliefs, traditions, holidays, and folklore. It’s not unusual for someone to lack understanding about the numerous ethnicities surrounding them, but the more a person knows about their neighbors then the better they can live amongst them.
The Wayne County Public Library will be hosting a Multi-Cultural Day on Saturday, January 14th from 2-4 PM in the Gertrude Weil Auditorium (located inside the Library). With this event the Library staff hopes to educate the community about Wayne County’s cultural diversity and provide a time for fellowship and enjoyment.
Several different countries and cultures will be represented by Wayne Country citizens. Light snacks will be served. On display will be several books reflective of the cultures represented. The books will be available for check-out. There will be music and stories. Special guest LaShonda Atkinson of Mystic Dance Productions will be performing Egyptian-style belly dancing. Kids of all ages are sure to have a great time!
This event is part of the Library’s ongoing effort to reach out to Wayne County’s diverse population and unite the community. Recently, the Library sponsored a Kwanzaa Crafts activity that was open to the public. Also, the Library has a collection of Foreign Language books to check out.
People of all ages are invited to participate in this informative and entertaining event.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Reading Together: Wayne County Reads 2006
Literacy and critical thinking are cornerstones to building a strong community. A society populated with skilled readers and thinkers are able to examine and solve problems with a level of sensitivity and insight that leads to far-reaching and effective solutions.
The Wayne County Public Library encourages this idea with the Wayne County Reads program, a county-wide activity that encourages members of the community to read the same book and then come together for discussion and reflection on the book’s content.
“The hope is that as people share ideas and thoughts, they build a stronger community,” says Jane Rustin, Director of the Wayne County Public Library System. “It’s a wonderful mechanism to encourage reading and ideas and to think about the issues of our time.”
For several years, libraries across the country have been sponsoring community-wide programs to encourage literacy and literary discussion. The Wayne County Public Library started its incarnation of the program in 2004. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was the selection that year, and numerous events were held across the county. There were discussion forums at Wayne Community College, a lecture on the book’s film adaptation at the Library’s Gertrude Weil Auditorium, and a trivia question contest sponsored by the News-Argus. In 2005 the community engaged in similar events while reading Big Fish by Daniel Wallace.
People participating this year will read a stirring, often unsettling, but always enlightening account of one of history’s great tragedies; Night by Elie Wiesel, a first-hand account of one person’s experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust.
“We always choose a serious book because we want a work with meaning and depth that would encourage reflection and discourse,” says Rustin.
With a work of such depth as Night, it’s possible that this could be the most moving Wayne County Reads event yet.
There will be numerous events of similar nature to those in the past and this blog will be used as a forum of discussion for the novel. Anybody wishing to participate can check out a copy of the book from the Library, and Books-A-Million located on 1101-D Berkeley Blvd. has several copies of the book in stock. Just ask for it at the front desk.
For more updates on the Wayne County Reads program, stay posted to the Library’s official web-site, the News-Argus, and this blog.
The Wayne County Public Library encourages this idea with the Wayne County Reads program, a county-wide activity that encourages members of the community to read the same book and then come together for discussion and reflection on the book’s content.
“The hope is that as people share ideas and thoughts, they build a stronger community,” says Jane Rustin, Director of the Wayne County Public Library System. “It’s a wonderful mechanism to encourage reading and ideas and to think about the issues of our time.”
For several years, libraries across the country have been sponsoring community-wide programs to encourage literacy and literary discussion. The Wayne County Public Library started its incarnation of the program in 2004. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was the selection that year, and numerous events were held across the county. There were discussion forums at Wayne Community College, a lecture on the book’s film adaptation at the Library’s Gertrude Weil Auditorium, and a trivia question contest sponsored by the News-Argus. In 2005 the community engaged in similar events while reading Big Fish by Daniel Wallace.
People participating this year will read a stirring, often unsettling, but always enlightening account of one of history’s great tragedies; Night by Elie Wiesel, a first-hand account of one person’s experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust.
“We always choose a serious book because we want a work with meaning and depth that would encourage reflection and discourse,” says Rustin.
With a work of such depth as Night, it’s possible that this could be the most moving Wayne County Reads event yet.
There will be numerous events of similar nature to those in the past and this blog will be used as a forum of discussion for the novel. Anybody wishing to participate can check out a copy of the book from the Library, and Books-A-Million located on 1101-D Berkeley Blvd. has several copies of the book in stock. Just ask for it at the front desk.
For more updates on the Wayne County Reads program, stay posted to the Library’s official web-site, the News-Argus, and this blog.
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