Via Press Democrat staff writer Christi Warren: Sonoma County Library is hosting a series of panel discussions around the “hot-button topics” of immigration, climate change, blackness in America, women’s rights, LGBTQI issues and income inequality.
“With each new topic, the library will host a panel of experts to engage in a conversation. At the same time, each of the branches will also set aside a dedicated space featuring books, documentaries and lists of online resources the public can reference to learn more.”
In the words of Angelina Cacioppo Hernandez, community engagement coordinator:
“We have the capacity to just really have the library be a center of information for people to come in and educate themselves and do the research and maybe learn something new or become engaged in their local community.”
The series debuts with forums on immigration, taking place on Monday, Dec. 11, at the Cloverdale Regional Library, and on Monday, Dec. 18, at the central library in downtown Santa Rosa. Both forums begin at 6:30 p.m.
An engagement component, including postcards with stamps, will be available so that members of the public can write to elected representatives. Lists of addresses will be provided for “everyone from local city council members to the president.”
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