2024
March 28, 2024 at 2 pm - Social Justice in Community - Danielle Koonce presented Environmental Justice in the Rural South: Research & Community Organizing.
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
March 25, 2024 at 7 pm - Women's History Month Special Event! Empowering Voices - Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign - A National Call for Moral Revival and Executive Director of the Kairos Center. Watch the inspiring conversation that brings home the power a single person has to make beautiful, meaningful change here. Brought in partnership with PGCMLS and the EEOC.
March 19, 2024 at 6:30 pm - Solidary Stories, our community book group with Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Mixt Food Hall debuted! Honoring Women's History Month, we read and discussed Octavia Butler's frighteningly timely Parable of the Sower. Solidary Stories meets on the third Tuesday of the month at Mixt Food Hall in Mount Rainier at 6:30 pm - come join us!
March 18, 2024 at 4 pm - Teen Book Discussion. Our disability-themed book discussion for teens with PGCMLS, which has been held in the virtual space for past three years, debuted in-person at the Bowie Branch Library as we discussed Nic Stone's Chaos Theory. This book discussion series explores representations of disability in young adult literature - all are welcome to join us.
March 14, 2024 at 7 pm - We welcomed María Alejandra Barrios Vélez in conversation about her debut novel The Waves Take You Home. Watch this pre-book launch special event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uvytev9M_4.
March 14, 2024 at 2 pm - Social Justice in Community - Asiah Gayfield presented Black Women and Prenatal Care.
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
March 13, 2024 at 6:30 pm - Our Rock Banned Book Club with PGCMLS continued at the New Carrollton Branch Library as we discussed Sarah J Maas's blockbuster A Court of Mist and Fury. The Rock Banned Book Club debuted in June 2023 and runs every month through June 2024, highlighting the top ten (with three ties, so top thirteen) most-challenged books of 2022, according to the American Library Association.
March 11, 2024 at 7 pm - Our Black History Month special event with Ethel Morgan Smith, rescheduled to March 11th, on her award-winning book Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement, illuminated lesser-known figures in the civil rights movement and brought to viewers Professor Smith's engaging, insightful voice. Brought in partnership with PGCMLS. See the wonderful conversation we had with her here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHahhtcpc0
February 22, 2024 at 7 pm - We partnered with Hyattsville Mennonite Church for an interfaith conversation on Finding Light in the Darkness. Featuring guest panelists Rahmah Abdulaleem, Pastor Cindy Lapp, and Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky, the conversation illuminated how the panelists find hope in difficult times and how they find themselves called to be a source of light or hope to others.
February 22, 2024 at 2 pm - Social Justice in Community - Nikita Viswasam presented When Immigration Became Illegal: Race, Labor, and Asian America
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
February 15, 2024 at 7 pm. Musical Connections. How did a woman in Massachusetts come to give a more than 100-year-old violin to a police officer living in Prince George's County? Check out our conversation about the connective and healing power of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-svXj4uZg
February 15, 2024 at 2 pm - Katelyn Foltz presented Football & Concussions: Spouses & Caretaking After the Last Snap
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
February 14, 2024 - Our Rock Banned Book Club with PGCMLS continued in conversation about Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye at the Spaudlings Branch Library. Learn more about that conversation here: https://pgcmls.info/event/9710511
February 8, 2024 at 2 pm - Rod Martinez presented Civic and Political Participation Among People with Criminal Legal System Contact
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
February 6th, 2024 - We partnered with the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System for a Black History Month special event as we welcomed Khoi Young, a Prince George’s County native who has taken his gymnastic skills to Stanford University and has represented Team USA at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. Learn more about his journey, accomplishments, and barriers that he has overcome to get to where he is now! See that conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-9J75Qvgw
February 5th, 2023 - Black History Month special event! Our Does Your Zip Code Impact Your Whole Life series with PGCMLS continued with a critical conversation about redlining and environmental justice with special guest Dr. Carlton Waterhouse. See that conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZe5AE8IMA
February 5th, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm - Human Rights Day in Annapolis. We joined our colleagues with the Maryland Association of Human Rights Agencies for Human Rights Day in Annapolis, featuring important conversations about the state of human rights in Maryland and the nation.
February 1, 2024 - Amber Colquhoun presented Through Their Eyes: Examining Affluent Black Intra-Group Attitudes and Their Political Consequences.
Social Justice in Community, our series with the University of Maryland and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
January 13, 2024 - We joined Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's Community College for an in-person, "Embracing Our Humanity: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Discussion" with racial healing expert Dr. Gail Christopher.