EYE THE BOOK

 

A Human Living Library Event @ Pearl Cove Library

In recognition of World Sight Day, Pearl Cove Library is proud to be hosting its first Human Library event celebrating the visually impaired!

What is a Human Living Library?

A Human Living Library provides a “library of people” for individuals to openly discuss and challenge stereotypes, stigma and discrimination. 

Participants in our Eye The Book event will “borrow” and connect on an intimate level with a visually impaired “human book” for 30-minute time periods to explore and consider issues that restrict and impede their full participation and access to facilities within their local communities.

                                                   

For more information about Human Living Libraries, you can visit the official Human Library Organization’s website.

Or the Human Library Australia website here.

MEET OUR HUMAN BOOKS!

Emeritus Professor David Walker – a visually impaired Australian historian and professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University

Christina Le – a Vietnamese-Australian Pearl Cove resident and mother of 3 with strabismus (a condition that causes an imbalance between the positioning of both eyes)

Jackson Lewis – a 20-year-old Pearl Cove resident of Aboriginal background with open-angle glaucoma (an eye condition that causes gradual vision loss)

Katie Kelly – Australian paratriathlete and founder of the Sport Access Foundation with Usher syndrome (a condition that affects both hearing and vision)

Maggie Stevenson – an elderly Pearl Cove resident with macular degeneration (an eye condition affecting the elderly)

DETAILS

Date: Thursday, 14^th October 2021

Time: 3:30-6:30PM

Venue: Pearl Cove Library Courtyard (wheelchair accessible)

Light refreshments will be provided to all participants.

Bookings are essential as places are limited!

Please note that this event is strictly for adults aged 18 and over.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Pearl Cove Library

6 Ocean View Road

Pearl Cove NSW 2246

(02) 9772 3498

library@pearlcove.com

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Image credits (in order of appearance):

Photo by Dev Asangbam on Unsplash 

Photo by geralt on Pixabay 

Photo of David Walker (historian) on Wikipedia

Photo of Christine Ha on CNN Health

Photo by Lisa Tomasetti of Hunter Page-Lochard on IMDb

Photo of Katie Kelly on World Triathlon 

Photo by Clynt Garnham Medical on Alamy

Instagram Logo from Stick PNG

Facebook Icon from Bohlevale State School website

Twitter Logo from Stick PNG

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