Library are vast storehouses of resources and knowledge for their communities, and for Anne Arundel County residents, that wealth can be found in people as well as books this Saturday, the Anne Arundel County Public Library system announced Tuesday.
The county library system is hosting a "Human Library" at the Odenton Library, 325 Annapolis Rd., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees can come down to "'check out' a human book for a 20-minute conversation," the library said.
The event is designed as a place to have challenging conversations, asking difficult questions that will be appreciated and answered. The discourse is encouraged to challenge stereotypes and prejudices with dialogue. The following subjects and topics will be presented:
• A Blessed Immigrant – Latina immigrant from mixed race family
• Serving America – Serving in Germany after World War II
• Orphan of Earth – Gun violence survivor
• Birthed to Misery, Forged by War – with service dog
• Living with Chronic Illness, Anxiety and Depression
• An Ode to Not Belonging
• Practical, Artistic, DIY, Tattooed Soccer Mom
• An Interesting Journey – Annapolis resident during Jim Crow era
• A Story of Mesa, Melanin and Masajid – Converting to Islam
• The Man in Black: Trans and Saudi
• Chronicles of a gay, autistic everyday woman
• A Person With Depression and OCD
• Living, Learning, and Loving with cPTSD
• I am Still Here! Surviving Incest
