I’m Your Neighbor Books: Job Opening (Applications Closed)

Welcoming Library Project Manager We are no longer accepting applications for this opening. Thank you for your interest! Primary Responsibility: To manage the day-to-day promotion and management of I’m Your Neighbor Books’ Welcoming Library project—collections of children’s books and discussion materials that seek to transform the conversation on immigration. Supervisor: Executive Director Kirsten Cappy Work… Read more »

Event: Building Our Welcoming Skills—with Literature

Building Our Welcoming Skills—with Literature Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:00-3:00 PM Brooks Memorial Library Meeting Room Brattleboro, VT As Brattleboro welcomes refugees and as the region diversifies through immigration, we need to build our welcoming skills. A unique project, founded by Brattleboro native Kirsten Cappy, Maine librarian Kate Cutko, and a group of immigrant leaders,… Read more »

Ukrainian Refugee Journey is Our Journey

here we are On this International Women’s Day I am thinking of all of the women walking out of Ukraine with children or with elderly parents, neighbors, or animals—their nurturing becoming an act of bravery. I am thinking of all of the women walking out and leaving others behind, dividing their hearts. I am thinking… Read more »

Maine writer donates $15,000 to reading program that welcomes immigrants

From the Portland Press Herald: The generosity of a Maine author will allow more schools and libraries in Maine and across the country to participate in a reading program that welcomes immigrants to their new communities. Phillip Hoose, whose 13 books include the National Book Award-winning “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” has donated $15,000 to… Read more »

How To Wear a Sari: Event Kit & Giveaway Winners

ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES Event Guide: Welcoming in the South Asian Community Why not turn your event into a celebration of South Asian community members? Canvassing children’s librarians and South Asian librarians and colleagues, Curious City has created a short list of possible ways to fold in community members as partners and participants. Why not include… Read more »

All for One: Libraries Win Cuban American Chapter Book

All for One & One for All! Dominguita, Pancho, and Stef are back in this Cuban American early chapter series. This time, a quinceañera may be at risk unless the the imaginative friends can take inspiration from another classic novel. Can you guess which one? Terry Catasús Jennings On September 11, 1961, Terry Catasús Jennings… Read more »