PEARL COVE LIBRARY BLOG

  TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST 

(For Mental Health Awareness Week 8-14th May 2021)

Human Living Library Event @ Pearl Cove Library

''I would say what others have said: It gets better. One day, you’ll find your tribe. You just have to trust that people are out there waiting to love you and celebrate you for who you are. In the meantime, the reality is you might have to be your own tribe. You might have to be your own best friend. That’s not something they’re going to teach you in school. So start the work of loving yourself.'' — Wentworth Miller

What is a human living library?

Human living library helps people to un-judge others by assembling people that do not usually meet in normal life. It allows people to borrow others as a '' human living book '' and have conversation for a while. Human living book event aims to break prejudice in Pearl Cove community and raise awareness about mental health issues. The human library is an international organization and first started in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000.

Meet our human books;

Ngarra Hawkins Ngarra is 47 years old and born in the Pearl Cove region.  Ngarra has suffered from alcoholism and depression since adolescence. She enthusiastic about sharing her story and help others.

Lowanna Stanley Lowanna is 22 years old and she is an active member of the indigenous community in the region. Lowanna suffers from anxiety and she’s willing to share her experience with others.

Fatima Qureshi Fatima is 33 years old and she is asylum seeker and left his hometown Damascus in 2012 due to civil war in Syria. She is living in the Pearl Cove for 4 years. Fatima is suffering from PTSD.

Mehrdad Gholami Mehrdad is 39 years old and moved to Australia as an asylum seeker since he was politically active in Iran before.  

Borrowing session will run 25 minutes for each human living book*.

Event is free of charge**.

Event Information;

When🕒: 14th of May 2021 (Friday)

4.00 pm to 6.15 pm

Where🏠: @ Pearl Cove Library

@Pearl Cove Room (Inside the Library Building)

17 Alice Street Pearl Cove 2242

Please e-mail events@pearlcovelibrary.com.au for bookings and

Please visit the website below for information about mental health in Australia.

https://mhaustralia.org/

For more information;

Phone: (02) 354 04 444

E-mail: events@pearlcovelibrary.com.au

Written by Eray Ozturk for BSBLIB503 Develop and promote activities, events and public programs.