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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 204 830 • 379 • 2234
Library looking for video recordings on race
Seguin Talks About Race series continues with collection of personal stories on race
By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) -- It’s time now for the Seguin Public Library to hear your story. The local library is currently collecting personal narratives from the community regarding the issues of race, racial injustice and/or intolerance.
Library Director Jacki Gross says the recorded stories are being collected as part of the library’s month long series, “Seguin Talks About Race”. Gross says once collected, these recorded stories will be shared with not only the community but also with the Library of Congress. “The interviews they can either just submit it themselves, if they want to record it themselves and submit it to us or come here and really it is just a format for them to tell an interesting story. It doesn’t have to be negative. It can be something positive or something when
they were younger that happened. I know people when you start asking them, they start saying ‘oh, I remember when I was a kid and we had to walk to Juan Seguin School because that was the only school we could go to.’ Things like that, we are just looking for those types of stories and like I said, it doesn’t have to be a negative thing. It can be positive thing or just a remembrance. So, it’s just so that because when people tell a story, it’s easier for other people to connect with them especially people who may not have had the same experiences and so we feel like getting that out and having people tell those stories really connects the community together,” said Gross.
Gross says the library is making it easy for anyone to share their story. She says the stories are important in better understanding each other and moving forward together as a community.
“We are talking video so if they choose to do it themselves and submit to us, all that we ask is that it’s in landscape mode so that it makes it easier for us to edit and put it in the loop or they can come here. They just need to call us and we can set up a time for them to come in and we do have some questions that can prompt them or if they have a story, they can just go with it and they can record it. It somebody doesn’t want to be video recorded, it can be audio but we hope that people will want to be video recorded because that adds to the story too,” said Gross. Gross says the stories that they gather will be shown at the library on the final Saturday of the month-long program. That showing is scheduled for Nov. 14. She says those videos will also then become part of the library’s archive.
Gross again reminds the public that race is not necessarily an easy conversation to have but believes that it is a necessary one. Video recordings on race can be emailed to library@ seguintexas.gov. Those wanting to stop by and record a video are encouraged to call and make an appointment at 830-401-2422. The Seguin Talks about Race series is based on the library’s current book discussion of “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo. A free copy of the book is now available at the local library. Books are available while supplies last. The next book discussion is slated for this Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the library. Registration is encouraged at Eventbrite.com.