Thursday, February 17, 2011

February Is Black History Month


Check out these activities around Black History Month:

Thursday, from 11:30 am to 12:50 pm in Founders Hall at Tunxis Community College, a reading and discussion of the "The Slave Narratives" will take place with Poet D. Moss. In the late 1930s, more than 2,300 former slaves from across the South were interviewed by writers of the Works Progress Administration. Born in the last years of slavery or during the Civil Ware, these former salves provided firsthand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities and on small farms.

On February 23 from 1 to 2:20 pm, in Room 6-127 at Tunxis Community College, poet, writer, actress, and spoken word performer Lenise NuNuu Smith, will present her poetry and share theatrical pieces. She has performed at local venues such as the Bushnell, out-of-state at Organix Soul in Springfield, Mass, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City.

For more information, you can call the college at 860-255-3552.

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford will be celebrating Black History January through February. The museum will be holding tours throughout the two months to honor activists, abolitionists and reformers. The tour is structured around abolition movements and the people who worked toward emancipation in the 19th century. Detailed information will be given about the fight for equality and justice African Americans encountered through being enslaved.

For more information about events at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/.

The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield is also giving tours that focus on enslaved and free African-Americans who resided in Wethersfield in the 1700s. Visitors can sees where the slaves slept and worked. Visitors will learn about how the Revolutionary War affected slavery, learn stories of African-Americans, like Quash Gomer, who was captured in Angola and became a slave in Wethersfield, he later bought his freedom from his owner, married Elenor Smith, and had 10 children.

Tours will be held February 19-20 and February 26-27, adults $8, $7 for military members, and $4 for ages 5 to 18. For more information, contact the museum at 860.529.0612 or http://www.webb-deane-stevens.org/.

Check out addition statewide activities at AAAC-African-American Affairs Commission's website at: http://www.cga.ct.gov/aaac/calendar/Feb_coe.htm.

Check out these activities at CCSU - Central Connecticut State University at: http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=5634.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Library Lover's Month - Oh yes, and Valentine's Day!










My love speaks volumes; We're like book-ends; You're the best chapter in my life; We're bound for each other; Read rose for you . . . ----
Okay, I will stop for now ---- Did you know that February is Library Lovers' Month ---- Library Lovers' Month is a month-long celebration of school, public, and private libraries of all types. This is a time for everyone, especially library support groups, to recognize the value of libraries and to work to assure that the Nation's libraries will continue to serve. You can tell a book by its lover; I have stacks & stacks of love for you; You're high on my shelf; Finding you was overdue! I promise, I am done with the tacky quotes (at least for this Library Lovers' Month)!

Oh, and by the way HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! ~ SERC Library Staff

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

SRA Photo Library - collections A, B and C by SRA/McGraw-Hill

This wonderful collection of laminated photo flashcards can be used to provide instruction in vocabulary and oral language skills for Pre-K through adult students, including English language learners. A variety of topics are included and each full-color card is identified on the back in 11 languages. The original photographs are of high quality and are visually interesting.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Go Red for Women


Go Red for Women
This Friday, February 4th is National Wear Red Day, the trademark program of the American Heart Association. Heart disease is still the #1 killer of women, taking the life of one in three women each year. The Go Red for Women nationwide movement celebrates the energy, passion and power women have to band together and wipe out heart disease. Thanks to millions of people across the country who've joined this movement, the color red and the red dress have become linked with the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives.

So wear red this Friday and check out the Go Red for Women website, or better yet start with yourself and join Go Red BetterU. It's a FREE 12-week online nutrition and fitness program. Each week the BetterU program focuses on a different area of health providing step-by-step guidance including daily expert tips, an online journal, weekly quizzes and helpful coaching tool to better your health and your heart.

Get started today!!! It's FREE -- Spring is coming -- so what have you got to lose, maybe a few pounds. What have you got to Gain -- a healthier, happier, BETTER U!!

Taking care of your self is important, not only to you but your family and friends as well. That's why each week this month they will focus on a different feature of the American Heart Association's website including getting and keeping healthy, healthier kids and programs for educators.

Whew --- okay, done with the lecture, no seriously check out the website and all it has to offer ---- including, yes, some free stuff!!!!! WEAR RED on Friday!