Brave Voices, Brave Choices

Brave Voices, Brave Choices is Howard County Library System's new racial equity initiative that moves past statements and works for justice for all people.

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The "Inequity Within: Issues of Inequity Across Communities" report is now available on HCLS' website.

This report provides an overview of racial equity across education, healthcare, housing, economic, and legal systems within Howard County, MD.

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📆 Save the date! Don't miss the chance to meet author @SheryllCashin at the Miller Branch on October 13.

Co-sponsored by @HoCoCommunity and presented in partnership with The Last Word @BooksWithAPast
More info here: https://t.co/HcaEjTOFJj

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Only a few days to go until Naima Coster's author event at the Miller Branch!

Register now for a chance to meet the author of New York Times bestseller "What's Mine and Yours". Register now: https://t.co/faAy48fihn

📅 Tuesday, October 4
🕖 7 pm

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Join us July 27 at 7 pm at the Central Branch for a conversation between @itsafronomics, author of "The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions For a Broken System", and @mica's Dr. Sheri Parks.

For more info about the event: https://t.co/8VZkJo1jIq

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Process and creatively respond to the Central Branch's Brave Stories Exhibit in a series of art workshops with facilitators from Notre Dame of Maryland University's Art Therapy Department.

For available dates and registration: https://t.co/OsqQhge6rC

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Visit the Brave Stories exhibit in the Equity Resource Center at the Central Branch. Read about your neighbors’ experiences. Take the time to listen to their Brave Stories—and share your own.

Stories shape narratives. Narratives shape perceptions. Perceptions shape actions.

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Join Reading Human Rights tomorrow at the Miller Branch for a fascinating discussion on Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed's book "On Juneteenth".

📆 6/23
🕡 6:30 pm

Hosted in partnership with the @HoCoOHRE.

More info: https://t.co/arCdEDGGsU

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"Not surprising, but still disappointing, how many white parents are
intent on keeping SROs instead of listening and seeking out the voices of
students/ families, many who are Black and brown, who are impacted
negatively by police presence in school all the time."

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Join @TEDxMidAtlantic for a TED Circles discussion on Thursday, February 17, at 6:30 pm: Why we must confront the painful parts of US history.

Registration: https://t.co/MQTDwq06dd

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"I would say giving tours for the Undesign the Redline tours has given me the most hope as far as improving race relations in Howard County."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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"Wandering through B&N and noticed staff following me. Didn't think much of it. It didn't hit me until afterwards, they were following me since I was the only non-white person in the store."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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"Someone told me to be careful about certain Black neighbors across the street because they let their dog outside with a leash. They went on to talk about how they've heard that this household is very loud and disruptive."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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"I live in a very diverse Ellicott City neighborhood. I see children of different races and cultures play together, families meet together for lawn picnics. These interactions give me great hope."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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Did you live in one of the 239 cities that was redlined? Look for your city at https://t.co/KkuJQC3IEP and read whether your neighborhood was "best," "still desirable," "definitely declining," or "hazardous." Learn more at the Undesign the Redline exhibit at the Central Branch.

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"I attended the ribbon cutting of the library equity collection and was impressed both by the contents of the collection and by the representation of groups that attended the ceremony."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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"...neighbors in my neighborhood [asked me] to join them in opposing high-density housing nearby. They cited busy streets and schools, but I felt they were really opposing mixing of classes, and this had racist undertones."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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"The diversity of people, culture, and of socioeconomic status within Columbia schools instilled a perspective of allowing people to come as they are."

What's your story? Share it at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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Thank you, @macsmom, for amplifying these stories. Share yours at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl

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Did you live in one of the 239 cities that was redlined? Look for your city at https://t.co/KkuJQC3IEP and read whether your neighborhood was "best," "still desirable," "definitely declining," or "hazardous." Learn more at the Undesign the Redline exhibit at the Central Branch.

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"I was at a meeting with members of my community opposed to a new apartment complex in our neighborhood. People testified against it by saying 'you know how apartment people are.'" Read more stories and share yours at https://t.co/g0GbnrONCl
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