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Noura Erakat talked about her work and then joined with Janine Jackson in a conversation as part of the Lannan Foundation's Readings and Conversations series live at the Lensic Theater.
Wednesday 5 December 2019
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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En México los Derechos Humanos son un asunto de Estado; son una causa que nos convoca y une a todos.
Ciudad de México, 10 de diciembre de 2015
HCLS First Public Library in Maryland to Add Living Books to Collection as part of The Human Library™
Howard County Library System (HCLS) will become the first public library system in Maryland to give its customers the opportunity to borrow Living Books. The Human Library™ will be open on Saturday, March 11 from 1 to 5 pm at HCLS Miller Branch located at 9421 Frederick Road in Ellicott City. Framed around the adage “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover,” the new initiative encourages participants to look beyond stereotypes and engage in meaningful dialogue. The goal is to foster a positive framework where open, one-on-one, honest conversations lead to greater understanding and acceptance in the community.
The HCLS Human Library will include Living Books from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and identities. Among the books will be a United States veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, a transgender man, and a person living with Bipolar Disorder. Readers will sign up on a first-come basis to “borrow” the books at the Miller Branch, for a fifteen minute, one-on-one conversation to gain insight into their particular experiences and the often marginalizing stigma attached.
The Human Library is an international, innovative approach to challenging stigma, stereotypes, and prejudices through non-confrontational and respectful conversation. It is intended to be a welcoming, inclusive, non-partisan space where difficult questions are expected, appreciated, and answered. There is no political agenda. HCLS is striving to grow its collection of Living Books and expand the number of opportunities for readers to visit throughout the year.
The HCLS Human Library is part of this year’s Choose Civility initiative, Kindness Creates Community. It is presented in partnership with the Howard County Office of Human Rights and #OneHoward.
An odd thing happened on the way to the mall... As I approached a set of traffic lights 2 police vehicles pulled into the middle of the intersection and the officers stepped out and proceeded to stop traffic in all directions. While sitting in my vehicle wondering what emergency or crime was in progress I noticed a group of about a dozen kids and a couple of adults begin to cross the street. Seconds later there was another group, and another, and another... I waited while what must have been a few hundred kids were guided across the street by parents and teachers while the police kept traffic at bay. Now that's quite a field trip when you get a police escort! Plus I wonder who's in charge of counting heads...
Protecting our young and our loved ones is Human Nature...
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#17 - Human Nature
On Thursday, July, 21st, Spartanburg Community College's Department of Health and Human Services held a joint pinning ceremony for their summer graduates.
"Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance,
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye
Wish me well..
You've got to let me go
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human?
Or are we dancer?"
Natalya Zolotova, Representative of Russian Federation to the United Nations Office at Geneva at a Urgent debate on " the deteriorating situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic and the recent killings in Al Qusay during the 23th Session of the Human Rights Council. 29 May 2013. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré
Gorilla Trekking, Rawanda, 2012
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York Minster is England's largest medieval cathedral and almost impossible to do justice to. It has an awesome presence that cannot fail to impress.
Uniquely the cathedral was spared the ravages of the Civil War that decimated the medieval art of most English cathedrals and churches, and it thus possesses the largest collection of medieval glass in Britain throughout most of it's vast windows.