Dear, God, How I Love/Hate the Internet
As a person trained in the library sciences, I am a HUGE fan of libraries and librarians and books and … yeah, all that.
So it’s my great pleasure to be able to share some things I ran across while attempting not to be overwhelmed with everything on the internet and reading my freaking email.
My local library is offering the following virtual events that may be of interest to anyone with an internet connection, which I’m assuming includes you, since … duh, you’re reading this.
Everyday Activism: A Facilitator’s Training
Hospitality is an effective form of everyday activism. Learn to create spaces that support people’s varied experiences related to privilege, oppression, and social justice, especially as it relates to the social construct of race. You will be given tools to host and facilitate meaningful gatherings to bridge common divides and encourage uncommon connections.
In this virtual two-day workshop, you will learn how to facilitate Table Talks, Movie Night Discussions, Listening Circles, Cultural Outings, Panel Discussions, and Book Clubs.
Seats in this interactive, virtual two-day workshop are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Click here for further details.
I signed up. Hope to see you there! 🙂 (Shit, hope I didn’t offend/confuse anyone with my emoji/punctuation.)
Anatomy of a Friendship: A Dual Memoir of Women’s Journeys through War to Peace
I will not be attending this event, but I would like to read this book, because it sounds really interesting.
I think it’s okay for me to copy and paste the following event details. It is a library event and anyhow …
Diane Tuckman discusses the collaborative memoir, a story of resilience and survival, that she wrote with her friend Cecile Spiegel.
Diane and Cecile both fled religious persecution with WWII conflicts at their heels. Separately, from Egypt and from Germany, each leaped continents, cultures, and languages as a refugee before finding a new home in the United States. Hiding in plain sight in France, Cecile eluded capture by the Nazis, but lost many dear to her. Diane came of age there, far from the Mediterranean idyll of her childhood in Egypt.
They relied on family, faith, and resilience to overcome the otherness felt by displaced peoples. As they dictated their memoirs to one another, Diane and Cecile discovered the anatomy of their friendship in their parallel odysseys and the optimism of 20th-century American womanhood.
Presented in partnership with Jewish Federation of Howard County and moderated by Shauna Leavey, Director of Community Engagement, Jewish Federation of Howard County.
For more details, click here.
Kathryn Finney: Build the D*mn Thing (Online)
This is another event I’m attending. I just finished the book and will be reviewing at some point. Do I do it before or after the event? I don’t know. Maybe.
Thing is, I liked the book. A lot. And I’ll tell you that right now.
And, yet, it would be fun to combine a review of the book with a description of her talk or something.
To sign up for the event, click here.
We’ll see. 🙂 (By the way, I’m neither angry nor laughing.)
(Well, now I am laughing.)
PS: Want to read more than you ever wanted to know about emoji?
PPS: This is what happens when you move too fast and break things.
PPPS: Would I be a complete dickhead if I offered this behind a paywall? I am doing this on a Sunday? WTF???
PPPPS: I nearly forgot to mention this book discussion! The Light We Carry Book Discussion. You know, that book by Michelle Obama.
Here’s the link to the event website. OMO is Oakland Mills Online.
Oakland Mills Online, or OMO, is a community organization founded to serve people connected to Howard County by providing a multi-generational social learning environment with workshops led by community volunteers. Our goal is to support the mental and emotional health of our extended community during this challenging time by giving them a virtual place to meet and learn together.
PPPPPS: Have I mentioned that, as a lawyer, I always seem to be trying to … “fix” problems … or be sarcastic … or both? Yet, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Gene Weingarten now writes on Substack.
PPPPPPS: Surrender Dorothy! 🙂
PPPPPPPS: Shit! I feel like I really missed out. This was right in my own backyard. Practically.
Presumably, it’ll come back this year?
Originally published at http://randomandsundrythings.wordpress.com on January 9, 2023.
