Jessup Journal

Every person from every walk of life has a story to tell. Stories that enlighten us, challenge us, delight and amuse and inspire us. But the right to tell those stories is not guaranteed. Even as we become more aware of the critical importance of allowing traditionally unheard voices to speak up, and space opens in the public discourse for stories that are rarely told, the danger of silencing grows. It's up to us to defend the right of everyone to tell their stories. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and tell stories. From September 23-28 , join Jessup Library and PVCC in a celebration of books that have been challenged or outright banned, some in decades past and some as recently as 2018. This year's theme is "Banning Books Silences Stories." Join the fight to defend our right to our stories by reading a banned book. Looking for some suggestions? Jessup Library has got you covered. You can find several of the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2017  in t

People read for more reasons than can be contained in a single blog post: to expand their horizons, increase their knowledge, go on adventures, gain experience, or take a walk in another person's shoes. Reading makes us more empathetic, more able to see the world through eyes not our own. Books can be honest with readers in a way it's difficult to be in real life -- but this doesn't always have to be the case. The Human Library is a project that allows people to be honest with other people in the same ways books are honest with their readers -- by providing space for open conversations about life experiences readers may not have the chance to otherwise experience. How does it work? People with life experiences to share "lend" themselves out to people with time to listen and learn -- a library in which the books are humans. The Human Library began in 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark and has since become a global movement. And now, it's coming to PVCC and a lib

We're back! It's a new semester and it's time for a new One Book. This semester, the PVCC One Book Program is reading The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert. Mass extinction neither began nor ended with the dinosaurs, and Kolbert demonstrates humanity's leading role in the sixth mass extinction happening all around us, right here and right now. Is your interest piqued? Read more about the book here in the Jessup Library catalog or on the One Book Program page . As ever, mark your calendars. PVCC will be hosting events to celebrate this year's One Book. Here are three upcoming events: Monday, September 17th is Meatless Monday, a global movement event whose current incarnation began in 2003 with health advocate Sid Lerner and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “One day a week, cut out meat” -- Meatless Monday applies this simple rule in an effort to improve global health. Want to join in? Head over to the Bolick Stud