If you would like to add something to this calendar, something open to the public, please email Barbara Ball at barbara@windsorlibrary.org
1st Thursday – one-month hiatus
No 1st Thursday this month, so that people can attend the 2020 Library Directors and Leaders' Summit CE events from VTLib.
Fair Housing Conversations Beyond Homelessness (webinar)
The Vermont Department of Libraries, the Vermont Library Association, and the Fair Housing Project of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) are pleased to present two webinars for library staff, volunteers, trustees, and others on local housing issues and Fair Housing Month. More information.
1st Thursday – Racism’s influence on the library world
Understanding racism’s influence on Vermont, our libraries, and our library associations. The first step in developing an antiracist agenda is to understand systemic racism’s deep influence on our culture and institutions. In this session, we’ll take an unflinching look at how racism is part of our state and the profession of librarianship, including our associations. […]
The Black Presence at the Battle of Bennington
A Springfield Town Library event. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-presence-at-the-battle-of-bennington-tickets-135733862637
Zoom Anti-Racism Book Club Author Discussion with Cynthia Bittinger
Vermont Author Cynthia Bittinger will discuss her important book, “Vermont Women, Native Americans & African Americans: Out of the Shadows of History.” Originally published in 2012, a Vermont Digger article at the time by Greg Guma stated, “Given Vermont’s contemporary image as a refuge for independent and progressive thinkers it can be jarring to look […]
Vermont Humanities Council presents: Daisy Turner’s Kin
Vermont folklorist Jane Beck shares the story of the Turner family, a multigenerational saga spanning two centuries, played out across three continents. The saga was related to Jane Beck by Daisy Turner, who had listened to her father, Alec Turner, recount stories of the family past. Her captivating narrative covers the early 19th century British-African […]
1st Thursday — Using critical whiteness to study the experience of race in libraries
Emily Crist, Champlain College. Despite an increasing awareness of the structural racial oppression and inequities within our society and institutions, little research has worked to unpack how library practitioners understand the way race shows up in our spaces, policies, procedures, behaviors, and habits. This session will discuss a qualitative study that used a critical whiteness […]
Discussion of the film, Coded Bias
“Modern society sits at the intersection of two crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against? ‘Coded Bias’ follows MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s startling discovery that many facial recognition technologies fail more often on darker-skinned […]
Zoom Storytelling, Poetry, Music Open Mic
Come and beat the winter blues with us! Tell a story, read a poem, play some music or just come and listen/watch. Make it Irish-themed if you'd like, in honor of St Patrick's Day. It’s a nice (and safe) way to socialize during COVID-19! Go to http://www.windsorlibrary.org/programs_for_adults.aspx#openmic for more information. A Windsor Public Library event. […]
Healthy Forest=Healthy Rivers
A Springfield Town Library event. (Windsor County.) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthy-forest-healthy-rivers-tickets-140128511149