Project for Public Spaces: A Librarian at Every Table. No. 265.

Public spaces are library spaces. The idea of a common-sense approach to streets, buildings and human sociability is discussed in a Governing essay on Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces.

The Project for Public Spaces is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities.

Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums: A Librarian at Every Table. No. 264.

A National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal funding agency in Washington DC, was awarded to the Arizona State Museum and the Arizona State Library under the category of library-museum collaborations.
The two year grant has three major activities: Model Projects of Collaboration, an updated national directory of tribal libraries, archives and museums, and a national conference of tribal libraries, archives and museums.
The conference is May 24-27, 2005. The conference will create a network of support for tribal cultural institutions and programs; articulate contemporary issues related to the development of tribal libraries, archives and museums and encourage collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural institutions. The goals of the conference will be achieved through plenary sessions with keynote speakers, information and resource tables, concurrent panels, affinity breakfasts, group meals and special events.

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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. A Librarian at Every Table. No. 263.

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.

ACORN works in more than 75 cities across the United States to improve housing conditions for the economically disadvantaged, increase community safety, secure living wages for all workers and improve the quality of local schools.

ACORN members participate in local meetings and actively work on campaigns, elect leadership from the neighborhood level up, and pay the organizations core expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.
Please let me know of library projects connected to ACORN.
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Earth Day 2005 is April 22: A Librarian at Every Table. No. 262.

Earth Day Network’s mission is to broaden the environmental movement worldwide and to educate and mobilize people, governments, and corporations to take responsibility for a clean and healthy environment.

Earth Day Network’s programs and activities are guided by the following goals:

Promote Civic Engagement — Earth Day Network works with partner organizations to provide opportunities for all citizens to become active at the local, state, national and global levels.

Broaden the Meaning of “Environment” — Earth Day Network is committed to expanding the definition of “environment” to include all issues that affect our health, our communities and our environment, such as air and water pollution, deteriorating schools, public transportation and access to jobs, rising rates of asthma and cancer, and lack of funding for parks and recreation.

Mobilize Communities — Earth Day Network and our Campaign for Communities partners registered and turned out one million new and infrequent voters in the 2004 presidential election, focusing on young people, and African-American, Latino and low-income communities, where voter turnout is generally low.

Create Groundbreaking Environmental Education Programs — Earth Day Network uses innovative education tools and community projects to promote civic participation and develop a sense of environmental responsibility among young people.

Train New Environmental Leaders — Earth Day Network’s programs and activities inform and inspire young people and people of color to become environmental leaders.

Build International Partnerships that Strengthen Cooperation Among Diverse Groups — Earth Day Network affects environmental change through the development of new, cooperative relationships among organizations that are not traditional allies.

Engage Corporations in Support of Environmental Programs — Earth Day Network continues to work with select corporations to promote sustainable business practices.

Support Earth Day Celebrations Around the World — Earth Day, April 22, is the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a half billion people every year.

Earth Day Footprint Quiz.

Book:
Ehrlich, Paul R. and Ehrlich, Anne E. One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future. Island, $27 (1-55963-879-6).
Relayed in a clarion voice, this powerful argument for saving the environment from disaster links social and economic policies with the empirical evidence of overpopulation and materialistic consumption. [A 2005 'Notable Book' selected by the American Library Association].

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Adult Education Public Policy Advocacy: A Librarian at Every Table. No. 261.

David J. Rosen has posted links for Adult Education Public Policy Advocacy Nationally and in the States .

The Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki was created in November, 2004 for practitioners, researchers and learners to pose and answer important questions in adult literacy education practice. It is to help teachers, tutors, administrators and other practitioners find professional wisdom and research regarding specific practice questions.

The Grassroots Literacy Coalition is a group of students, teachers and administers who are fighting for the creation of an adult education system that would truly serve all of the people who need adult education in New York City.

Hotel Rwanda and Human Rights: A Librarian at Every Table. No. 260.

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April 15, 2005. No. 260.
Sources & Sites for Community Building.
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Amnesty International has created a new downloadable organizing kit based on Hotel Rwanda that you can use to bring human rights education to your community. The kit iis designed to be used in conjunction with the release of Hotel Rwanda on DVD.

For other examples of Human Rights programming for libraries see the Human Rights Video Project.

How Class Works. No. 259

How Class Works - 2006 Conference

The conference seeks to explore ways in which an explicit recognition of class helps to understand the social world in which we live, and ways in which analysis of society can deepen our understanding of class as a social relationship. Presentations should take as their point of reference the lived experience of class; proposed theoretical contributions should be rooted in and illuminate social realities.

Conference themes:

The mosaic of class, race, and gender.

Class, power, and social structure.

Class and community.

Class in a global economy.

Middle class? Working class? What's the difference and why does it matter?

Class, public policy, and electoral politics.
Pedagogy of class.

Working Class Studies Association.

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