Wednesday, March 8
Grow From Your Pain: 6 Steps to Self-Empowerment
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Garfield Heights Branch
7:00 p.m.
Learn how to use your limiting beliefs, and the mental pain of your past and present, to uplift your future. A discussion and action plan that will guide you on a path of self-discovery, acceptance of self, and emotional evolution.
Register here.
Wednesday, March 8
Community Conversation on Poverty in Shaker Heights
Shaker Heights Public Library
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Shaker Library will host a gathering of community members and local organizations to discuss the issues raised in Andrea Elliott's book, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City. This Deconstructed Panel format gives experts on the topic of poverty an opportunity to briefly share some of their knowledge on the topic before opening up the discussion to a full community conversation, reflecting upon how our own community is dealing, or has dealt, with the problems of poverty in Shaker Heights and beyond.
Register here.
Monday, March 13
Documentary Discussion: Growing Up Poor in America
Euclid Public Library
7:00 p.m. in the Shore Room
We will watch and discuss the documentary Growing Up Poor in America. The documentary is also available to stream on our Kanopy service, available online with your Euclid Public Library card through the Kanopy app or our website, EuclidLibrary.org.
Tuesday, March 14
Growing Up in Poverty with Community Solutions
Euclid Public Library
6:30 p.m. - 7:30pm in the Lake Room
Emily Campbell from The Center for Community Solutions will discuss poverty in our region.
Tuesday, March 21
One Community Reads Panel Discussion
Heights Libraries - Lee Road Branch
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Join Heights Libraries for a panel discussion as we delve deeper into the topics covered in Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot. We will localize the conversation around supporting children living in poverty as we welcome panelists:
Emily Campbell, Chief Operating Officer at Center for Community Solutions
Dr. Robert Fischer, Co-Director of Case Western's Center on Poverty & Community Development, Chair and Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO) Program
Charniece Holmes, Program Coordinator: Family School Connection, Family Coach: Fairfax Elementary School & Gearity Professional Development School
Cleveland Heights Council Member Anthony Mattox, Jr.
Hear from our local experts about how we can support and advocate for children in the Heights community. Registration is encouraged.
Wednesday, March 22
Social Emotional Learning Skills for Adults
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Mayfield Branch
6:30 p.m.
An interactive workshop on coping skills, self-esteem, communication, managing emotions, and more. Meal provided. Presented by Hispanic UMADAOP.
Register here.
Saturday, March 25
Shaker Community Resource Fair
Shaker Heights Public Library
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
You're invited to the Shaker Community Resource Fair. Partner agencies will be here to share resources relating to food, housing, mental health, senior, youth and family services, civic education, and voter registration. All are welcome to browse the booths of local service providers, gathering what they might need or want to share with others. A light lunch will be served to participants.
Wednesday, April 5
Documentary: Signs of Humanity
Lakewood Public Library - Main Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
SIGNS OF HUMANITY is a documentary film that explores inter-related themes of home, homelessness, compassion, and humanity. Artist and professor Willie Baronet has purchased more than 1,800 homeless signs since 1993, and he uses this collection to create installations to raise awareness about homelessness. During the month of July, 2014, Willie and three filmmakers drove across the country, interviewing more than 100 people on the streets and purchasing over 280 signs. SIGNS OF HUMANITY is a film about that trip.
Thursday, April 6
Poverty: A Cuyahoga County Snapshot
Cuyahoga County Public Library - North Olmsted Branch
7:00 p.m.
Emily Campbell from The Center for Community Solutions will discuss poverty in our region.
Register here.
Tuesday, April 11
Social Emotional Learning Skills for Adults
Cuyahoga County Public Library - North Olmsted Branch
6:30 p.m.
An interactive workshop on coping skills, self-esteem, communication, managing emotions, and more. Meal provided. Presented by Hispanic UMADAOP.
Register here.
April 17 - April 28
MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH A PLACE 4 ME
Rocky River Public Library
Join us in supporting YWCA of Greater Cleveland’s A Place 4 Me program and make a difference in the life of a youth, age 14 to 26 with donations from a wish list. A Place 4 Me assists young people experiencing homelessness or transitioning out of the child welfare or other systems.
Tuesday, April 18
Grow From Your Pain: 6 Steps to Self-Empowerment
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Richmond Branch
7:00 p.m.
Learn how to use your limiting beliefs, and the mental pain of your past and present, to uplift your future. A discussion and action plan that will guide you on a path of self-discovery, acceptance of self, and emotional evolution.
Register here.
Wednesday, April 19
STREET VOICES
Rocky River Public LIbrary
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Auditorium
Learn about the effects of homelessness in our community from a speaker that will share their personal experience with homelessness, from the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless.
Tuesday, April 20
Meet Author Matthew Desmond
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Parma-Snow Branch
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
In Poverty, by America, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.
Register here.
Wednesday, April 26
Poverty: A Cuyahoga County Snapshot
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Orange Branch
7:00 p.m.
Emily Campbell from The Center for Community Solutions will discuss poverty in our region.
Register here.
Monday, May 15
Poverty: A Cuyahoga County Snapshot
Cuyahoga County Public Library - Brookpark Branch
7:00 p.m.
Emily Campbell from The Center for Community Solutions will discuss poverty in our region.
Register here.
Wednesday, May 18
Panel Discussion on Poverty's Effects on Public Health
Cuyahoga County Public Library - South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
7:00 p.m.
Learn how local experts are tackling poverty and its effects in underserved communities through: research, economic incentives, environment and culture transformation.
Positive Postbox
Westlake Porter Public Library
Drop in between 1 and 4 to make a card to give to those who are suffering, their caregivers and/or hospital staff. Cards will fill the Positive Postboxes at St. John Westshore and Fairview Hospital.
Signs of Humanity Film Screening
Lakewood Public Library
Signs of Humanity is a documentary film that explores inter-related themes of home, homelessness, compassion, and humanity. Artist and professor Willie Baronet has purchased more than 1,800 homeless signs since 1993, and he uses this collection to create installations to raise awareness about homelessness. During the month of July, 2014, Willie and three filmmakers drove across the country, interviewing more than 100 people on the streets and purchasing over 280 signs. Signs of Humanity is a film about that trip.