Apr
22
6:00pm
Conversation about "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
By Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus Metropolitan Library is hosting this virtual community program. Live chat with panelists from your computer or mobile device.
Can’t attend the live stream? Sign up and watch the recording afterwards.
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Speak Up/Speak Out:
Conversations About Race
Thursday, April 22
2-3 p.m.
Join us for virtual community conversations as we continue to discuss race and social justice in Columbus and in America.
Each month we’re choosing a book, article, movie or music selection from our collection to experience and reflect upon together.
Our moderators and panelists are community leaders who strive to speak up and speak out to address institutional and systemic inequities that face our communities.
April Selection: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Genre: Young Adult fiction (2017)
Check it out: Available in Book, Audio CD, eBook or eAudiobook
Moderator:
- Donna Zuiderweg, Columbus Metropolitan Library
Panelists:
- Tasha Booker, Executive Director, City Year Columbus
- Daniel Juday, Speaker + Convener, Daniel Juday LLC
- Amelia Robinson, Opinion and Community Impact Editor, The Columbus Dispatch
- Dr. Anthony Wilson, President - Central Ohio Chapter, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
đź“·The Hate U Give handles topics such as race, interracial dating, grief, friendship, police brutality and the media's depiction of Black youth with honesty and empathy.
In Angie Thomas’ debut young adult novel, Starr is a 16-year-old Black girl who navigates two worlds: her Black neighborhood and her mostly White suburban high school. When a White policeman shoots her unarmed Black friend in front of her, she is confronted with her two worlds converging over questions of police brutality, justice and activism.
The Hate U Give was made into an 2018 original motion picture in starring Regina Hall and Amandla Stenberg. Listen to the soundtrack on Hoopla, free with your library card.
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Upcoming Speak Up/Speak Out Conversations
We invite book clubs, families and workplaces to read, watch or listen to each month’s selection and join us in the conversation.
Tuesday, May 25 - Adult nonfiction
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Wednesday, June 23 - Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Thursday, July 22 - Documentary film
Broken on All Sides directed by Matthew Pillischer
Visit crowdcast.io/columbuslibrary to register for upcoming programs.
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