Connect with youth services librarians and community members while learning to make tissue paper flowers, inspired by Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. Suitable for: Baby & Preschool Grades K-5 Online registration is required. Registrants will receive a zoom link one hour before the program. Supplies will be available for pick up the week prior to the > Continue Reading
Join us for a conversation and reading with acclaimed poet and public speaker Yosimar Reyes. The Advocate named Reyes one of "13 LGBT Latinos Changing the World" and Remezcla included Reyes on their list of "10 Up And Coming Latinx Poets You Need To Know." Registration is required. Ages 13 to 24. This conversation is > Continue Reading
Join Tacoma Public Library and the City of Tacoma for our keynote Tacoma Reads event, a conversation with author of Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo and Mayor Victoria Woodards. Children of the Land is an unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States. The novel recounts the > Continue Reading
Description Join author Marcelo Hernandez Castillo for a reading of Yuyi Morales’ picture book Dreamers. The reading will be followed by an opportunity for community members to share their own immigration stories and dreams. Kids will learn how to make tissue paper flowers inspired by Dreamers. Craft supplies will be available for pickup one week > Continue Reading
Join us for a librarian led discussion of Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's, Children of the Land. About the book: This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States recounts the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and chronicles one young man’s attempt to build a > Continue Reading
Join library staff to discuss this true story about the immigration experience in the United States. This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States recounts the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and chronicles one young man’s attempt to build a future in > Continue Reading
Join us for this this self-scripting class, participants will explore and theatricalize a story from their own life. Exercises will invite self-reflection, and provide an artistic framework for sharing stories of oppression or inclusion. The program will incorporate small group and partner work, as well as collective feedback sessions, developing writing chops, peer work, and > Continue Reading
Join us for this this self-scripting class, participants will explore and theatricalize a story from their own life. Exercises will invite self-reflection, and provide an artistic framework for sharing stories of oppression or inclusion. The program will incorporate small group and partner work, as well as collective feedback sessions, developing writing chops, peer work, and > Continue Reading
Facing a layoff, furlough, or job loss? WorkSource Pierce is here to help! Attend our free online Layoff Assistance Session to learn about benefits and resources available to you in Pierce County. Topics covered in the session include: • Unemployment benefits and how to file for assistance • What to do about health care and/or > Continue Reading
Support the actions of our nonprofit in finding employment for developmentally disabled adults by joining us for our first-ever online auction! This very special virtual auction will include more than 30-plus creatively curated baskets of goodies and experiences. We’re stuck at home too — so save the date and get ready to bid to win > Continue Reading