Have you ever wondered what it is like to be gay or transgender? What
it is like to have lived with an addiction? What it is like to be
Muslim?
The Highland Lakes Campus Diversity & Inclusion Committee
and OCC Libraries will host a Human Library on Wednesday March 13, 2019
from 5pm–8pm in the Highland Lakes Student Center Arena.
See the flyer for more information.
The
Human Library allows “readers” to checkout volunteer “books” who
represent multiple areas of diversity. Human Books represent a cross
section of society that have been stereotyped. “Books” are not asked to
be experts, but instead asked to be themselves and tell their story in
response to questions asked by you (the reader). This event allows
“Books” and “Readers” alike to meet people from other walks of life that
they may not otherwise have the opportunity to meet.
Started
in Denmark in 2000, the Human Library helps break down barriers and end
prejudice. The idea is simple: if you meet people from other walks of
life, people different than yourself, they become real and no longer
belong to a faceless group. Once people start talking and getting to
know one another, it becomes harder to discriminate against others as we
realize we are more similar than we are different. For more
information, please go to www.humanlibrary.org.
