Learning Nonviolence: The Children's March
Richmond Free Library
Friday, March 15, 5:30-7:30
Enjoy a simple soup and bread meal at the library followed by a program for families. Participants will watch and discuss excerpts from Mighty Times: The Children's March, a film about the 1963 actions in Birmingham, to learn about nonviolence as practiced by Martin Luther King Jr. and the power of working together to take on big problems as a whole community. Appropriate for age 8 through adult. Please bring your own bowl and spoon!
This is the first of three programs on nonviolent activism--presented by the Peace and Justice Center in collaboration with the library--designed to explore the themes in the 2019 Vermont Reads book, MARCH: BOOK ONE. Programs are free, open to the general public, and wheelchair accessible. Call or email the library for more information or to register. Registration is not required but is appreciated. We are also seeking soup makers for this event; please contact the library if you might be able to contribute a crockpot of soup or stew.
This is the third year that the library has participated in the Vermont Humanities Council program Vermont Reads with great success, bringing people of all ages together to read, discuss, learn and create. The graphic novel MARCH is the first in a trilogy by civil rights icon John Lewis in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Ayden and artist Nate Powell. It tells the story of Lewis's coming of age in rural Alabama and early life of civic activism. Lewis, who was greatly inspired and influenced by Martin Luther King Jr., is considered one of the big six leaders of the civil rights movement. He has served in the US Congress since 1987. Thanks to a grant from the Vermont Humanities Council we have many copies of MARCH to distribute to the community. Come by and pick up a copy.
More about the three upcoming Learning Nonviolence programs at the library:
https://richmondfreelibraryvt.org/2019/02/22/vermont-reads-2019/
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