The library will be closed on Saturday, July 4 in honor of Independence Day commemorating the success of the not-so-peaceful protestors who won our independence. Please watch this page and  our Facebook page for updates regarding our curbside service. We hope the library will be open  for limited browsing in a matter of a few weeks.

METRO's Anti-racism Book Club
Monday, June 29, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Recent events have more than demonstrated that our city, our state, and our country have a lot of work to do to ensure that basic freedoms extend to all. It's imperative that everyone shoulders part of the work toward creating a better reality for all marginalized groups.
We're hosting our first Anti-racism Book Club Meeting on Monday, June 29 at 4:00pm. We will be reading So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
Our book club will focus on guided discussion questions and will take place in breakout rooms so that everyone has a chance to share.
Please note that this meeting will be limited to 30 people.
Register here.

“Reading and Talking about Race: An Intro to ALA’s Great Stories Club (Part 1: Deeper Than Our Skins)"

A free webinar from ALA’s Public Programs Office / ProgrammingLibrarian.org Tuesday, June 30 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. Central Time Registration required: https://programminglibrarian.org/learn/reading-and-talking-about-race-intro-ala%E2%80%99s-great-stories-club-part-1-deeper-our-skins This webinar will consider the following titles: "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" by Sonia Manzano, "Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices," edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, "The Shadow Hero" by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Sonny Liew, "Mother of the Sea" by Zetta Elliott, "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A." by Luis J. Rodriguez

Here is a resource for FREE anti-racist training available through June 30. Check it out.

https://www.driep.org/anti-racism-training