March 5, 2021
Announcements
Black History Month discussion-- Wednesday, MARCH 10 @ 12:30. Details below.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH Discussion
On Wednesday March 10 @ 12:30pm, the library will be virtually hosting a conversation about how we can celebrate, remember, and honor Black History. Planning to attend? Let us know HERE.
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This is a sampling of the MANY resources available that celebrate Black History. To honor and observe this piece of our history:
WATCH a film. READ a book. LISTEN to a podcast. ATTEND a virtual event.
****Get a copy of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds in the library TODAY***
Lots of copies available!!
WHAT SHOULD I READ NEXT? Browse the library catalog.
Write a Poem with Kwame Alexander--Deadline March 10th
The March Continues Community Poem (Southern Poverty Law Center)
The Civil Rights Memorial Center is partnering with bestselling author Kwame Alexander and the community to produce ‘A Community Poem,’ a new exhibit that will be featured inside the museum when it reopens later this year.
Members of the community are invited to submit an original poem around the themes of racial justice and human rights. Alexander will select lines from multiple submissions and combine them into one single community poem. The final poem, representing the combined work of multiple contributors across the United States, will be displayed on a digital screen in the final gallery of the Civil Rights Memorial Center.
Entry Rules can be found HERE. Submission deadline is March 10th (next Wednesday)
FACULTY FEATURE: What's on your "To Be Read" List?
After hearing author and scientist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer speak, Ms. Smith is excited to read her nonfiction book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Women, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. Ms. Smith says "The book is a series of essays that detail the lineage of Kimmerer's heritage as part of a tribe of indigenous people. It shows all the injustices that they endured, but how they used the relationship and respect of the land to survive."
Dr. Kimmerer will be speaking virtually at an event through the Deschutes Land Trust on March 17 @ 7pm on Zoom. Ms. Smith plans to attend. A recording of the event will be made public about a week after the event.
March 17, 2021 @ 7pm
Advance registration required. Contact Ms. Millette for registration details. Can't make it? Let us know. A recording will be available after the event.
Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer for a talk on restoration and reciprocity. Restoring natural systems can be understood as an act of reciprocity, in return for the gifts of the earth. This talk explores the ecological and ethical imperatives of healing the damage done to our land and waters. Dr. Kimmerer will trace the evolution of restoration and consider how the integration of indigenous knowledge can expand our understanding of restoration from the biophysical to the biocultural. Reciprocal restoration includes not only healing the land, but our relationship to land. In healing the land, we are healing ourselves.
About Dr. Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. She tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability.As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.
Seeking Writers, Artists, Poets! The Scribbler wants YOU!
The Scribbler is open for general submissions to our online journal. We are seeking creative writing pieces that span the gamut from short fiction to memoir to poetry and beyond. We also invite you to submit artwork and photos using a shareable pdf, jpeg or other accessible format for image sharing. Include your name, grade level, and email/phone contact information with your submission. Send your work to Ms. Hobbs at chobbs@student.hudson.k12.ma.us. We look forward to showcasing a wide representation of our whole community.
ALSO! The Scribbler will soon be announcing the winners of our 2020-2021 writing contest! Check out this link to our 2019-2020 edition: https://sites.google.com/view/the-scribbler/2020-scribbler?authuser=0
Questions? Contact Carol Hobbs, Teacher-Advisor to The Scribbler chobbs@student.hudson.k12.ma.us