Cleveland Public Library Fall Program for Adult

FALL PROGRAM GUIDE WELCOME BACK! PROGRAMS, CLASSES & MORE FOR ADULTS & SENIORS

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FALL PROGRAM GUIDE A guide to programs, classes, and exhibitions at Cleveland Public Library. All offerings are free and open to the public.

OUR MISSION

We are The People’s University, the center of learning for a diverse and inclusive community.

FEATURED AUTHOR VISIT BRYAN STEVENSON More details on page 3

OUR VISION

Cleveland Public Library will be the driving force behind a powerful culture of learning that will inspire Clevelanders from all walks of life to continually learn, share, and seek out new knowledge in ways that are beneficial to themselves, their community, and the world.

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CONTENTS 01 DEMOCRACY 2020 02 EXHIBITIONS 03 DEMOCRACY 2020 AUTHORS 04 FEATURED EVENTS 05

COMPUTER CLASSES

06 ONLINE PROGRAMS 09 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

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D E M O C R ACY 2 02 0

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY? Join Cleveland Public Library as we bring together authors, performers, journalists, activists, and educators to explore the systems impacting our voice in our democracy.

Visit cpl.org/democracy-2020 for details.

BE COUNTED

Cleveland Public Library believes an inclusive democracy is a stronger democracy, so we want everyone to BE COUNTED in the 2020 census. The census is due on September 30.

Fill out the 2020 Census today! Need help? Ask us.

COUNT ON US: CPL hosts themed discussions with Assistant Director of Public Services, Robin Wood, & Government Documents Supervisor, Sarah Dobransky, @ 12:00 p.m. on Facebook Live: September 18: Make It Count! Don’t Ghost the Census Guest: Urban League of Greater Cleveland.

Five Days for Democracy Cleveland Public Library has joined forces with The City Club of Cleveland to invite you to participate in Five Days for Democracy—a week dedicated to reminding us why democracy matters and our role in keeping it strong.

Sign up and receive an email each day packed with opportunities to explore different facets of our democracy.

Five days. Five challenges. One week to better understand your role in strengthening democracy.

September 28 - October 2, 2020 Sign up at www.cityclub.org/fivedays

The Library believes an inclusive democracy is a stronger democracy, so we want everyone to BE HEARD in the 2020 election. VOTE! Are you registered to vote? Need help? Ask us!

BOOKS & BALLOTS: CPL joins the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to host themed discussions with Subject Department Librarian Terry Metter and E. 131 Branch Manager Marina Marquez every month at 12:00 p.m. on Facebook Live: September 14: Voting in the Age of COVID-19 and National Voter Registration Day Guest: Tony Perlatti, Director of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections & Mike West, Community Outreach Manager, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

October 12: Vote-by-Mail: What You Need to Know Also, Election Job Opportunities Guest: Tony Perlatti, Director of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections & Mike West, Community Outreach Manager, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

November 2: What to Expect on Election Day? Guest: Mike West, Community Outreach Manager, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Polling Locations The following branches will serve as polling locations for the general election on November 3, 2020. To vote at one of these branches, individuals must be registered to vote and assigned to vote at one of these specific locations:

Eastman Branch Fulton Branch

Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Lorain Branch Langston Hughes Branch Rice Branch

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E X H I B ITI O N S

A photographic celebration of everyday Cleveland in honor of CPL′s 150th anniversary.

Sep 8 – Mar 31, 2021 | Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm | Main Library, Brett Hall See Also | Reflect and Refract Democracy

by Rose DeSiano

Celebrate Those Who Give Black

See Also brings temporary, interactive and immersive public art to the Eastman Reading Garden each year. This year's exhibitions features a series of maze-like lenticular walls which intersperse historic photos of Cleveland with mirrored panels reflecting the garden and its visitors. Two orbital monuments in the Reading Garden honors historic Clevelanders who have played pivotal roles around democracy in our city through political action, activism, and cultural contributions. Prisms and mirrors embedded throughout the installation reflect and refract light as visitors interact with and reflect upon Cleveland's past and contemplate its future.

Sep 8 – Nov 30 | Main Library, Eastman Reading Garden

This exhibition is designed to tell the story of Black philanthropy in Cleveland by honoring the past, celebrating the present, and inspiring the future. We enlisted the community to nominate emerging, young, and hidden philanthropists. Through the many faces and stories of community generosity, we celebrate those who give Black.

Sep 25 – April 30, 2021 | Louis Stokes Wing, 1st Floor Andrew Venable Visitor's Center

CPL PLAY

Free online gaming experiences hosted every other Saturday: tournaments, streaming, discussions, and more keep gaming alive during social distancing.

Tune in every other Saturday starting Sep 19 from 10am–4pm on twitch.tv/ clevelandpubliclibrary Visit cpl.org/gaming for more info and a calendar of events.

warm UP CLEVELAND

Do you sew, knit, crochet, or quilt?

Donate handmade items at any Cleveland Public Library location year-round to help neighbors in need! For more information, contact Outreach and Programming Services at 216-623-2921 or ops@cpl.org. find us! ravelry.com/groups/warm-up-cleveland

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D E M O C R ACY 2 02 0 AUTH O R S

BRYAN STEVENSON Author of the award winning, New York Times bestseller, Just Mercy, which was recently adapted into a major motion picture.

Against the backdrop of today's social and political climate, Bryan Stevenson, the founding director of the Equal Justice Institute (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, shares his insights and lessons learned over 30 years on the front lines fighting injustice and inequality in the United States criminal justice system.

Under Mr. Stevenson's leadership, EJI has won significant legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.

Mr. Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners with dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for children 17 years of age and younger. Mr. Stevenson and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 135 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced.

Mr. Stevenson has initiated new anti-poverty and antidiscrimination efforts that challenge inequality in America. He led the creation of two highly acclaimed cultural sites, which opened in 2018: the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. These new national landmark institutions chronicle the legacy of slavery, lynching, racial segregation, and the connection to mass incarceration and contemporary racial bias issues. Mr. Stevenson is also a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. Space is limited. Registration is required. Visit cpl.org/stevenson Sat, Dec 5 | 2pm | virtual event: Zoom

CATHY O'NEIL Important decisions that affect our lives are made every day.

Increasingly, those decisions are made not by humans but by computers. In theory, this should lead to more fairness since everyone is judged by the same rules and bias is eliminated.

In reality, the algorithms that are used to make these decisions are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable…even when they’re wrong.

These algorithms regularly reinforce discrimination or are built on historical data that punishes the downtrodden based on information as innocuous as their zip code. Tracing the arc of a person’s life, O’Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future as individuals and as a society. These “weapons of math destruction” score students and teachers, sort resumes, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health.

O’Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it’s up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.

O’Neill is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View, an American mathematician, and the author of the blog mathbabe.org and several books on data science, including Weapons of Math Destruction. The book highlights how the decisions that affect our day-to-day lives are being made by mathematical models. She is the former Director of the Lede Program in Data Practices at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism's Tow Center and was employed as a Data Science Consultant at Johnson Research Labs.

Space is limited. Registration is required. Visit cpl.org/oneil Sat, Sep 26 | 2pm | virtual event: Zoom

Presented as a part of #CLEReads Young Adult Book Festival

DR. IBRAM X. KENDI

Racist Ideas in America: From Slavery to Black Lives Matter Friday, December 4 | 2pm | viritual event: TBA

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices.

He is a National Book Award-winner and his book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You is a #1 New York Times bestseller. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.

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F E ATU R E D E V E NT S

8th ANNUAL MAKER FAIRE CLEVELAND

Maker Faire

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Cleveland

Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to demonstrate hobbies, experiments, and projects. It's a family-friendly showcase of invention, ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness, and just plain fun! This year’s event will be held virtually. Stay tuned for a call for makers. Event updates and schedule coming soon!

cleveland.makerfaire.com Sat, Nov 7 | 10am - 4pm | virtual event

FEATURED EVENT Neighborhood Voices

This city-wide writing project invites Clevelanders from every corner of The Land to pen stories, essays, and poems about their neighborhoods for inclusion in an anthology that will become part of the Cleveland Public Library's permanent collection. As part of this program, Literary Cleveland and Cleveland Public Library hosted free virtual writing workshops throughout the city in June and July, allowing residents to connect with neighbors, share stories of their communities, and draft new writing about what makes their neighborhoods unique. Join us for a virtual launch party showcasing the vibrant lives and voices in Cleveland neighborhoods and recognizing all participants.

Sat, Nov 14 | 11am | litcleveland.org/events-programs/neighborhood-voices

NEW SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS & SENIORS Reach Success

Map out your personalized journey to a productive and enjoyable career, not just a job. Free, comprehensive employment and education assistance and coaching is available whether you're in high school, an adult seeking a step up, or re-entering the workforce.

Sep – Dec | By Appointment https://cpl.org/services/career-development/job-search-assistance/

OUTDOOR EVENTS Parking Lot Plant Swap

Join our safe, socially-distanced* parking lot plant swap. Bring any pest-free plant(s) to trade and go home with a new plant baby.

Plants may be potted or bare root, as long as you are willing to part with them. Get fresh air, pick up a new plant, stop inside for a new gardening book or two, and enjoy some safe interaction with like-minded plant enthusiasts. *face masks are required Sat, Sep 19 | 2:30pm | Jefferson

Free Outdoor Yoga

Enjoy a free, introductory yoga class for adults and seniors.

Come as you are to this outdoor event* and see how yoga can improve your quality of life. *face masks are required Sat, Sep 19 | 11am | Jefferson

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Fall 2020 Program Guide

CO M PUTE R C L A S S E S

FEATURED COMPUTER CLASS: CodeCentral Free, 8-week course in the fundamentals of writing computer code in Python and HTML/ CCS features hands-on projects and interactive instruction. Participants must have established computer skills, commit to attend all 8 weeks, and be prepared to work on assignments between class sessions. Classes and independent work are required along with a computer, internet access, and downloads of appropriate software.

Adults only. Registration is required: cpl.libcal.com/event/6938619 Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 24 | 3:15pm

Computer Classes Registration is requied for all computer classes. For more information or to register, visit the link listed for each event.

EMEDIA: CPL AND YOUR DEVICE Thu, Oct 1 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941493 Thu, Oct 29 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941403 Fri, Nov 13 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941785 JOB SEARCHING ONLINE Thu, Sep 10 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6938651 Thu, Sep 24 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941362 Thu, Oct 8 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941410

Thu, Oct 22 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941491

Mondays, Nov 2 - 23 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941736

Fri, Nov 6 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941768

RESUME WORKSHOP Wed, Sep 9 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6938647

Fri, Nov 20 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941801 MICROSOFT EXCEL SERIES Mondays, Oct 5 - 26 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941395 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT SERIES Thursdays, Nov 5 & 12 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941778 MICROSOFT WORD SERIES Fridays, Oct 2 - 23 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941383

Wed, Sep 23 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6938652 Wed, Oct 7 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941362 Wed, Oct 21 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941474 Wed, Nov 4 | 11:15am cpl.libcal.com/event/6941763 Wed, Nov 18 | 3:15pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941799

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PRO G R A M S F O R A D U LT S & S E N I O R S

Online Events for Adults and Seniors The following programs are offered online to keep everyone safe. Events may be accessed via smartphone, tablet, or computer with internet access. Registration link is listed for each event.

Turning Your Art Into a Business

A free series of workshops designed to empower creative artists to monetize your work. Professionals in the fashion, fine arts, and music fields will provide you with a better understanding of the legal and business aspects of three creative disciplines. Library staff will provide information about patents and trademarks to help you protect your intellectual property.

Saturdays, Oct 10-Dec 12 | 10:30am - 12pm cpl.libcal.com/event/7083741

Virtual Star Wars Escape Room

Your home planet is about to be destroyed by the Death Star! Solve clues and puzzles to safely escape in this virtual Star Wars escape room! Join the Rebel Alliance and start your mission. You're our only hope!

Sep 8 - 30 cpl.libcal.com/event/6925925

Digital Services Crash Course

As the need for social distancing continues, your library is still as close as your computer or smartphone. Become a digital master from the comfort of your home.

Learn how to reserve library materials, create a resume online, or use Hoopla and Overdrive to access free ebooks, movies, and music with your library card.

Tue, Sep 8 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931700 Tue, Oct 13 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931701 Tue, Nov 10 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931702

Tech First Aid

Need a little help with technology? We're here to help you learn more about the tools that you (or your kids) can use for online learning and today's virtual life.

Tue, Sep 8 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6935175

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Tue, Oct 27 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6935176 Tue, Nov 24 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6935177

Chess for Adults

Learn the fundamentals of chess from a professional instructor to enhance skills and knowledge of the game, including how the pieces move, strategies for offensive and defensive maneuvers, ways to get out of check, how to execute a checkmate, and much more.

Wednesdays, Sep 9 - Oct 14 | 11am cpl.libcal.com/event/6940070

Line Dancing Club

Our “new normal” does not mean fitness, fellowship, and fun have to stop! The MLK Line Dancing Club continues online for all ages and experience levels. Learn the latest line dances and enjoy the oldies but goodies!

Thursdays, Sep 10 - Nov 19 | 3pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6937198

Afternoon Chess Club

Join online and play casual games against other players or join the library's unrated blitz 'Arena' tournament. You will need a smartphone or computer and internet access but no webcam or microphone is needed. Registration is required. For more information and to register, visit cpl.libcal. com/event/6937716 Thursdays, Sep 10 - Nov 19 | 12:30pm

Tremont Think and Drink Book Club

Join us online for a socially-distanced book discussion. Grab your favorite beverage and share your thoughts on the following great reads: Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit

by Eliese Colette Goldbach Mon, Sep 14 | 7pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6924297

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

by Imani Perry Mon, Oct 12 | 7pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6924298 Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Mon, Nov 9 | 7pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6924299

Make a Mini Book

Register for your free book-making kit* and pick it up at your local branch or at the Main Library downtown. Then, join us on Zoom and follow along with a preservation librarian to make your own miniature book.

Each session includes a Q&A at the end of the session *while supplies last. Please register at least one week in advance in order to receive your kit.

Tue, Sep 15 | 3:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941802 Tue, Oct 20 | 3:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941803 Tue, Nov 17 | 3:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941804

Travel by Cuisine

Learn about different cultures and countries through the foods they love. Discover great cookbooks and discuss recipes you've tried, what you liked/disliked, and new dishes you'd like to explore.

Mexico Thu, Sep 17 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6939276 Germany Thu, Oct 15 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6939286 India Thu, Nov 19 | 4:30pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6939333

O N LI N E E V E NT S Get Graphic! The Sandman

Have you always wanted to read Neil Gaiman’s Sandman? Now is your chance to travel through the world of dreams.

Join us as we read the first six volumes of this classic series and explore one of the greatest epics in comics.

Thu, Sep 17 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6983241 Thu, Oct 1 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6983242 Thu, Oct 15 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6983243 Thu, Nov 5 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6983244 Thu, Nov 19 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6983245

What’s Your Story?

Cleveland Sews with Cosmic Bobbins

Gain sewing knowledge through fundamental skill building, project-based learning, and product creation. No sewing machine is needed. Free, interactive online sewing classes offered in partnership with Cosmic Bobbins.

Space is limited and registration is required.

Registered participants may pick up their free class supply kit at the Lorain Branch, including necessary class materials and instructions. Adults only.

Saturdays, Oct 10, 17, & 24 | 12pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6939716

CPL 101

If you haven't used the library in a while, this class is for you. Learn what makes Cleveland Public Library a five-star, award-winning library and how to use your library card and our website to access materials, information, classes, and much more...all free of charge!

Wed, Sep 23 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931609 Wed, Oct 21 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931703 Wed, Nov 18 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6931706

Sports Trivia Days Learn how to write your own original story.

Tap into your inner creativity and use your imagination or actual experiences to write a short piece that can be whatever you like: fiction or non-fiction, short story, journal entry, or memoir piece. All genres are welcome and we'll even have prompts available to help jump-start your story if you get stuck.

Thu, Sep 24 | 4pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6937091

Paint Cleveland History!

Join us for a "paint and sip" style event. We will paint an iconic Cleveland image from the library's Digital Gallery and learn more about it from CPL Photograph Collection experts! Register below, then pick up your free supply kit* at the Rockport Branch at least one day before the event.

Thu, Oct 8 | 5pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6936123

Are you a sports trivia buff? You are going to love testing your knowledge at our monthly online trivia event!

Sat, Sep 26 | 2pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6935174 Sat, Oct 10 | 2pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6935565 Sat, Nov 21 | 2pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6936124

Virtual Library Visit

Make a virtual visit to the Library! See new and exciting books, stick around as we read a story, and then we'll showcase some great items that you can request with your library card.

Wed, Sep 30 | 3pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6936031 Wed, Oct 28 | 3pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6936032

Wed, Nov 25 | 3pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6936033

Escaping Tremont : A Virtual Escape Room Challenge A virtual escape room challenge for adults to test your familiarity with Tremont and Cleveland. Go it alone, in a group, or compete against friends and try it multiple times. Just have fun and earn some local bragging rights! Visit t.ly/zcu9 beginning Oct 1 and make your escape!

Oct 1 - Oct 30 cpl.libcal.com/event/69255110

Small Business and Intellectual Property Resources at the Cleveland Public Library

If you've spent the last few months tinkering in your garage on your next great idea, or if you've decided to start a new business and want to make sure you've crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's, you've come to the right place! Join us for an online presentation from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Cleveland Public Library for help with everything from brainstorming your latest endeavor to mapping out a business plan and learning how to protect your intellectual property.

Tue, Oct 6 | 11am cpl.libcal.com/event/6939227

Off the Ruling Class: Stories from a Cold Case at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Political activists bombed Rodin's "The Thinker" at the Cleveland Museum of Art on March 24, 1970. Cleveland Police implicated the Weather Underground, but arrested no one. Author Randal Doane reviews the motive, ability, and opportunity of the perpetrators, as well as the artful decisionmaking of museum director Sherman Lee. He analyzes recent confessions about the bombing and takes stock of how people make sense of "The Thinker" as a physical and digital object. Randal also explores how the bombing of "The Thinker" is connected to contemporary disputes over historical statues, with regards to the scarcity of the commons in American life.

Thu, Oct 22 | 7pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6941128

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O N LI N E E V E NT S Cleveland City Hall Photograph Collection: A Virtual Tour

Take a tour of Cleveland from the 1920s to 1990s! The Cleveland City Hall Collection is a treasure trove of over 50,000 photographs of our neighborhoods and serves as a time capsule that transports viewers to an earlier yet familiar place. Come check out these richly detailed documents that capture the city's architecture, streets, signage, and daily life in a time gone by.

Sat, Nov 7 | 11am cpl.libcal.com/event/6935158

Zoom (or Facebook) the Holidays

In anticipation of a socially-distanced holiday season, join us for tips and tricks to make the most of tools such as Zoom, FB Live and the like to share your holidays with families and friends.

Sat, Nov 7 | 2pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6925620

Food Fight! International Battles Over Wine and Cheese and the Regions that Produce Them Ever wonder why certain bottles of champagne are SO expensive? Or why Parmigiano-Reggiano tastes nothing like the stuff in the green can? Take a journey with us to understand the fierce regional battles over who can call their red wine a Bordeaux and why Italy is fighting so hard over hard cheese. Learn about international laws and treaties that cause more heartburn than bolognese and why labels are everything in the food industry.

Thu, Nov 12 | 1pm cpl.libcal.com/event/6939251

A Brief History of Tremont

Meet the author! Spend the morning exploring the rich history of Tremont with Professor Dennis Keating, author of A Brief History of Tremont: Cleveland's Neighborhood on a Hill.

Sat, Nov 14 | 11am cpl.libcal.com/event/6933188

2020 Sep 29 – Oct 2

Virtual Event through Hopin

A 3-day interactive event bringing together representatives from 20+ sister cities to discuss their partnership goals, successes, and aspirations to cross-pollinate ideas and forge a connection.

This event is free and open to all community members interested in learning more about Cleveland’s international connections from a ground-level perspective. globalcleveland.org

ONE COMMUNITY READS: Racial Equity in America From August - December, One Community Reads is encouraging Cuyahoga County residents to read and reflect about race, injustice, history, and a better future. Readers can address historic and contemporary racism through book selections, author events, and community conversations.

The year 2020 has brought the United States a global pandemic and a spate of Black deaths at the hands of police. Both the pandemic and these police killings of Black people have highlighted the historic and ongoing inequalities that continue to shape American life. Racism continues to plague the United States, and by grappling with this reality through intentional reading and reflection, we can collaboratively reckon with the past in pursuit of equity.

For more information, visit onecommunityreads.org.

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B O O K R E CO M M E N DATI O N S F RO M D E M O C R ACY 2 02 0 AUTH O R S

Winner of the Euler Book Prize of the Mathematical Association of America

#1 New York Times Bestseller and a Major Motion Picture

#1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today bestseller

#1 New York Times Bestseller in Hardcover Nonfiction

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O’Neil

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Jason Reynolds and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

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LIBRARY LOCATIONS M Main Library | 325 Superior Ave. | 623-2800

14 Langston Hughes | 10200 Superior Ave. | 623-6975

Louis Stokes Wing | 525 Superior Ave.

Public Administration Library (in City Hall)

601 Lakeside Ave. Room 100 | 623-2919

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Addison | 6901 Superior Ave. | 623-6906

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Brooklyn | 3706 Pearl Rd. | 623-6920

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Carnegie West | 1900 Fulton Rd. | 623-6927

17121 Lake Shore Blvd. | 623-2911

18 Mt. Pleasant | 14000 Kinsman Rd. | 623–7032

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Collinwood | 856 East 152nd St. | 623-6934

19 Rice | 11535 Shaker Blvd. | 623-7046

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East 131st St. | 3830 East 131st St. | 623-6941

20 Rockport | 4421 West 140th St. | 623-7053

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Eastman | 11602 Lorain Ave. | 623-6955

21 South | 3096 Scranton Rd. | 623-7060

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Fleet | 7224 Broadway Ave. | 623-6962

22 South Brooklyn | 4303 Pearl Rd. | 623-7067

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Fulton | 3545 Fulton Rd. | 623-6969

23 Sterling | 2200 East 30th St. | 623-7074

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Garden Valley | 7201 Kinsman Rd. | Suite 101 | 623-6976

24 Union | 3463 East 93rd St. | 623-7088

15 Lorain | 8216 Lorain Ave. | 623-7011 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1962 Stokes Blvd. | 623-7018 17 Memorial–Nottingham | 17109 Lake Shore Blvd. | 623-7039

Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled (OLBPD)

10 Glenville | 11900 St. Clair Ave. | 623-6983

25 Walz | 7910 Detroit Ave. | 623-7095

11 Harvard–Lee | 16918 Harvard Ave. | 623-6990

26 West Park | 3805 West 157th St. | 623-7102

12 Hough | 1566 Crawford Rd. | 623-6997

27 Woodland | 5806 Woodland Ave. | 623-7109

13 Jefferson | 850 Jefferson Ave.| 623-7004