Libraries are part of the community gathering and information sharing system for all Americans that must not be forgotten, nor underfunded.
So, how do we each help our society to become more fully inclusive for all of us, and to give more money for local branches of Public Libraries?
I believe that attention to connecting community institutions, like Public Libraries, may provide part of an answer. I started a note about that, a few years ago, on page nine of my book Stayed on Freedom’s Call:
“Chapter 1: Shared Oppression, Shared Cultures, Shared
Resistance, Shared History Of Oppression:
“You accepted 400 years of oppression, I have just accepted three thousand years of
oppression!”
-African-American Dr. Jean Cahn, upon converting to Judaism, by permission, E. Cahn
The rabbis say that it took one man plunging into the Sea and wading in
up to his neck before the waters parted and the Children of Israel were finally
able to be free. As Moses led the Hebrew slaves out of the land of Egypt, up
and out of bondage, so the Negro slaves looked to their faith, even as the
spiritual waters of oppression seemed to rise up to the necks of people of color,
both free and enslaved.
People of color formed communities in spite of the
oppressive atmosphere, overcoming great prejudice to do so, as mistrusted and
often denigrated Jewish citizens also had to do. From Benjamin Banneker in
1791, to Isaac Polock in 1795, the first non-White residents of the city faced
unique challenges, having to prove themselves to their White contemporaries.
In 1850, abolitionists and free people of color advocated for the rights of slaves,
while Captain Jonas P. Levy and the Sons of Israel fraternal members had to
advocate for the rights of Jews, overlooked in our very own treaties.
Just as free individuals and families of color formed connections in the Capital, as with…
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So, it turns out that my endnote references to this page were too “dense” for some reviewers. Some fresh reviews would help me decide that specific.
Page eight was last week…
Action Items:
1.) What are your thoughts on the function of libraries as community information centers?
2.) Share them with us in the comments, here, please.
3.) Share your thoughts on how continuing empathy-building cooperation might help, or hinder, inclusive thinking.
4.) Write a story, post or tweet that uses those thoughts.
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1. #PublicLibraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
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Stayed on Freedom’s Call
(free: https://archive.org/details/StayedOnF…)
includes two ‘imagination-rich’ walking tours, with songs, of Washington, DC. New interviews and research are woven into stories of old struggles shared by both the Jewish and African-American communities in the capital city.
Shared histories are explored from a new perspective of cultural parallels and parallel institution-building which brought the two communities together culturally and historically.
Free copies are available at https://archive.org/details/StayedOnF…
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