At Richmond Public Library\u2019s Human Library\u00ae event April 12, people will be able to choose from about a dozen \u201cbooks,\u201d people who will share their personal stories. <\/i>(photo from RPL)<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/i>Join the conversation at Richmond Public Library\u2019s fourth annual Human Library\u00ae event. Taking place on April\u00a0 <\/span>12, from 1 to 4 p.m.,\u00a0 <\/span>there will be approximately a dozen \u201cbook\u201d topics to check out.<\/p>\n The Human Library\u00ae is a nonprofit organization that began with its first event in Denmark in 2000. It has established itself as a global learning platform with an initiative to create safe spaces for dialogue between human \u201cbooks\u201d and their \u201creaders.\u201d The conversations between books and readers can help challenge prejudices and stereotypes, and can contribute more broadly to greater cohesion across social, ethnic and religious divisions.<\/p>\n During a Human Library\u00ae event, readers will see a variety of available book titles and be able to select one to \u201cborrow\u201d for a 20-minute reading slot. Readers and books will then have a one-on-one conversation, where books will introduce themselves and readers will have the opportunity to ask questions. At previous Human Library\u00ae events held at RPL, books have shared stories of their struggles with such things as mental illness, homelessness, and integrating to life in Canada as a newcomer.<\/p>\n This is a drop-in event, so no pre-registration is required. It is also free to attend. Participants will be invited to borrow books on a first-come, first-served basis until \u201clast call\u201d at 3:30 p.m. The event is appropriate for a teen, adult or senior audience. To find out more, go to yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com\/events<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Courtesy Richmond Public Library<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Richmond Public Library\u2019s Human Library\u00ae event April 12, people will be able to choose from about a dozen \u201cbooks,\u201d people who will share their personal stories. (photo from RPL) Join the conversation at Richmond Public Library\u2019s fourth annual Human Library\u00ae event. Taking place on April\u00a0 12, from 1 to 4 p.m.,\u00a0 there will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3076,23029,4921,9046],"class_list":["post-48765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-education","tag-human-library","tag-richmond-public-library","tag-rpl"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}