The Barton, Glover, Greensboro, and Jeudevine (Hardwick) libraries have teamed up to offer a short series of comics and poetry workshops for youth!

On Wednesday April 28th at 7pm join cartoonists Dan Nott and Daryl Seitchik for a workshop about using comics to explore the topics most important to you! Dan will be talking about the comic, "This Is What Democracy Looks Like", which uses drawing to visualize the many layers of our democracy and how we can be more involved. Dan and Daryl will also be giving a tutorial on how we can use comics to express ourselves and the issues we care about - like fighting for equality and increasing awareness about climate change.

On Wednesday May 5th at 7pm join local poet, writer, and musician Toussaint St. Negritude to find your voice on important issues through words. This project will culminate with youth submissions to create our own comic book or "zine" which will be printed at Spark and given to each participant. This community engagement will be available to browse at each participating library. Each participant will also be able to pick up a copy of the CCS comic "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" from their local library. This opportunity is geared for youth (from any town) ages 10-16 and is free and open to all, with thanks to a generous grant from the CLiF foundation.

Please contact Emily Purdy (Greensboro Free Library Youth Librarian) at greensborokids@gmail.com to sign up for the links to these workshops and to get your free CCS comic This Is What Democracy Looks Like.