Everyone Belongs

 Harmony Day at Pearl Cove Library

Come & Celebrate Harmony Day

15-21 March 2021

Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.​

More Info: Harmony Day: https://www.harmony.gov.au/

What is Human Library?

The Human Library® is, in the true sense of the word, a library of people. We host events where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books and have conversations they would not normally have access to.

More Info: Human Living Library Australia: https://www.humanlibraryaus.org/

How can we maintain harmony and community during times of adversity?

To celebrate Harmony Day, Pearl cove library is hosting a human living library event featuring human books from different cultures that you can register to talk with.

 

Event Details

Date: 19 March 2021

Venue: Inside Pearl Cove Library (Pearl Room)

Time: 5.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Bookings:  Eventbrite *Books essential as places are limited.

Dress code: Cultural attire.

Cost: FREE

Light snacks, Tea/Coffee will be provided.

Some of our Living Books:

(Books can be borrowed for 20 mins only).

Anita Heiss – Anita Marianne Heiss -Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist, and social commentator.

Tanya (Living Library)

Peter Doukas OAM (Chair Ethnic Communities’ Council NSW)

Contact Details: 

Pearl Cove Library 

123 Smith Rd 

Pearl Cove 2446 

(02) 6585 1742 

email:pearlcovelibrary@gmail.com

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Mental Health Awareness

 Understanding Our Minds

A Human Living Library Event

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Mental health issues are experienced by almost 1 in 7 Children and Adolescents aged 4-17.  Spend time with and ask questions of those who know so much about this increasing issue.

Come into the Pearl Cove Library and borrow one of our 'living books' to learn more about mental health for mental health awareness month!  

There will be 4 'books' to meet and you will be in groups of 5 talking to those who have a lot of knowledge about this issue that is experienced by so many.

Location: Pearl Cove Library,

The Pearl Room

Date:  Friday 3^rd September

Time:  7-9pm

Cost:  This event is free! 

(bookings essential)  

RSVP: events@pearlcovelibrary 

or call us on 9452 5252 to book or for more information. 

 

Refreshments and snacks will be provided.  

Come along and get to know more about mental health as well as meet some new people!

What is a Living Library?

A living library is an event which gives those who attend an opportunity to ‘borrow’ a ‘living book’ (a person) for a specific time frame to talk and discuss about anything to do with the theme of the event- in this case, mental health!

For more information about mental health, visit: https://www.ruok.org.au.

 GrandFamilies Day!🌳

We invite you to celebrate National Grandparents Day and also National Children's Week the last week of October 2020 (https://www.childrensweek.org.au/).

For the 1st time ever in Pearl Cove, Children can come to the library and read a “Human Living Book“ Local Senior Volunteers, telling their stories and answering some questions. 

Have any children who would like to come? 

Who? Human Books being “Grandparents for the day” telling stories

For whom? Have a child who would like someone who is like a Grandparent to tell them some stories, are you a child and want someone older to tell you some amazing stories? This is for you!

What? Human book sessions (30 minutes each session)

When? 4pm-7:30pm, 30th October 

🍎light after school refreshments provided for all. 

🌱please indicate on the form any dietary requirements

🌏We encourage you to BYO plates, cup & cutlery 

to reduce plastic wastage 

Please let us know on the form 💙

Where? Pearl Cove Library, Main Branch

🌞Courtyard if Sunny weather- initiative of power saving and an environmentally sustainable Pearl Cove,

💧☔Pearl Room and Cove Meeting Room if Wet weather on the day. 

Available:

🚗Parking     🚏  🚌 Public Bus     🚴Bike racks 

♿Accessible venues     👓Auslan interpreter 

How?

Please book online by clicking this Orange image below: 

You can also call us on 9351 5983 or see your friendly Pearl Cove Library Staff to book in person J

Why? Because this can be a fun family friendly experience! The question is, why not?

*There will be Photographers at this event, if you/your child are not comfortable being photographed on the day, please indicate so on the form or tell us. 

** Please note that if your child is under 15 years old, you must be available to supervise them on the day, as our library policy strongly discourages unsupervised young children on the premises. 💗

Hope to see you there! 

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Credit-images used: 

Book Image"Magnifying glass" by Tall Chris:

 https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/d581ee79-6e69-47be-9ed1-7b321b6e7844

Owl image"Owl with Glasses" by Enokson : https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/b76be301-4a05-4ea8-ad69-81c9b58d7078

Pearl Cove Library Invites You!

                  Bye Bye Baby

                                     "Baby Vincent Bradley Brundage 8-3-09 12:03am" by bradbrundage is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Pearl Cove Library is hosting a one of a kind event, a Human Living Library. This event is unusual as we are encouraging you to borrow people instead of books to listen to their stories about their interesting lives. And we are inviting you to take part in this interesting social experiment. These events are to encourage us to break out of the status quo and have important and deep conversations about topics that confuse us, offend us, educate us, encourage us, inspire us, enlighten us.

This Human Living Library is all about adoption, and the fostering of children, from the point of view of our books who have been adopted, been fostered, have adopted and fostered children and have also given up children for adoption.

Our Books are:

                           Uncle Eddie - a member of the stolen generation

                  Samantha - Fostered from a young age through multiple families

                                                   Adam - Foster Dad

                                    Mark- Was adopted as an early teen

                 Mai - An overseas born baby adopted into an Australian family

                             Ashley - Gave up her baby through adoption

This event is being held on the 1st of August in the Pearl Cove meeting room located inside of the Pearl Cove Library, please call, email or enquire at the library to reserve a spot to attended. Please visit our website for more details!

pearlcovelibrary/pcc.com.au 

Let's talk about ... sex!

Pride, Prejudice and 21st Century Women

a Living Library Event at Pearl Cove Library

Monday 8 March 2021 - 5pm to 8pm

Includes light refreshments.

Free event but bookings essential. 

This is a 16+ event.

The "weaker" sex has never been stronger, but the road to gender equality and acceptance still has some distance to travel.

Join us on that journey when this year, on International Women's Day, Pearl Cove Library invites you to be a part of our first  Human Living Library event  to celebrate women’s political, social and personal accomplishments, but also to raise awareness of the prejudices and discrimination they face. 

Join us and "borrow" a "human book". Don't miss the opportunity to meet some fascinating and diverse people, ask them questions and hear their stories in the cosy, casual atmosphere of Pearl Cove Room. Our "human books" list includes, among others, Katherine Cummings -  librarian, award-winning author and activist for transgender people’s rights in Australia - and Professor Ngiare Brown - one of the first Aboriginal doctors in Australia.

(photo credits: "Wiki Women" by Alex Tash, https://oberlinreview.org/18101/arts/artfeminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-to-promote-marginalized-artists/)

Event details:

Dying to be Free: Understanding & Preventing Suicide

Suicide is the leading cause of death for men and women between the afes of 14-44. Every year aroiund the world we fight against suicide and today is no different. Every year on the 10th of Septmeber we come together help and fight towards a common goal of preventing sucide and opening up about it.

Theis September 10th Pearl Cove Library is hosting a Human Living Book event, come down and meet our living library books, people who have gone through the horrors and lived throught them ot tell their stories to you and listen to you.

What is a Human Library?

Also known as Living Library are libraries that allow you to read and borrow real people know as human books instand of physical books. these boooks share their stories and expreiences with you. The living library seeks to challenge prejudice and discrimination. The living library works just like a normal library would you browse the catalogue and choose a book you want and borrow it for a limtied time and instead of the traditional book you get a person.

Event Details:

Event: "The Fight Against Suicide"

Location: Pearl Cove Library Courtyard

Time: 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Day:  Thursday 10th of September 2020

*Refreshments at the venue, Cafe is in the library*

Bookings:

Booking is required to use our huiman books.

Books can be found here:

http://peralcovelibrary.com.au/events or phone 02 9568 3589

everyone is welcome to come and is open to the public

Further Information:

https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/

More Information on Human Library visit:

https://humanlibrary.org/

image source:

https://www.iasp.info/wspd2020/wspd-banners/

By: Lester Hilario

Wonder Women! : A celebration!

On International Women’s Day 

Pearl Cove Library would like you to join us for a unique event celebrating the role of women everywhere while also highlighting differences, challenging society stereotypes and uniting women.

What will make this event special is that we will be using ‘human living books’ and learning about the lives of four amazing yet diverse local women who will share with us their experiences and wisdom.

For more information on ‘human living books’ check out the Human Library Organization at: https://www.human library.org/

Information about International Women’s Day can be found here -
https://www.internationalwomensday.org/

Event details

When: Sunday 8^th March
Time: 1.30pm to 4pm
Where: Pearl Cove Library (main building entrance)

Light refreshments will be provided.

There will be four volunteer ‘human living books’ and each will conduct four 30-minute group sessions and every group will have a chance to listen to each volunteer.

Registration Booking

The event is free for all but you must register your attendance on Eventbrite before 4th March 2020, as numbers are limited.

Further information

For further information, contact the Event Organiser Julie-Ann Taylor:
Phone: 02 9873 5874
Email: pearlcovelibraryevents@pearlcove.nsw.gov.au

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Labels: #humanlivinglibrary, #InternationalWomendDay, #livingbooks, #PearlCoveWomen

Lucia Carmona

Let’s Get Sustainable! Starting with your house and garden.

Let’s Get Sustainable!

https://www.pxfuel.com/en/search?q=eco

Starting with your house and garden.

A “Human LivingLibrary” is an interactive way of presenting information. They function in the same way as other libraries except instead of books or other items, customers can “borrow” a person for a Q and A session making use of the person’s subject matter expertise and knowledge. 

This “living library” event is inspiring sustainability for both house and garden. In particular, what we can do as individuals to make our homes more sustainable. Including to reduce energy consumption, insulation, composting, water saving irrigation methods, indigenous garden design and planting for optimising environmental concerns, growing your own vegies, herbs, and fruit.

Our living books include Kevin McCloud, Costa Georgiadis, David King and Michael Mobbs with tasty treats by Nornie Bero.

When: 6pm Saturday 19th September 2020 to tie in with 20th September Sustainable House Day

Where: The event will be held in the Main Library space at Pearl Cove Library. 

Cost: FREE (numbers are limited)

Bookings will be through Eventbrite.

Please see the Pearl Cove Library website for further details.

Level Up: Gamer's in our Society

Level Up: Gamer's in our Society

 

Image Source: Carl Fredrik Sjöland from Wikimedia Commons 

What is a Human Living Library?

A Human Living Library is where you can 'borrow' out people to learn about their walk of life and their experiences. You can also ask questions pertaining to their experiences to learn more about what they do and understand them more.

The living books that have been brought in for the event are people related to the video game industry and popular streamers who have based their lives around streaming video games for a living.

More information about what Human Living Libraries can be found by here: https://www.humanlibraryaus.org/

Level Up will bring the opportunity for you and your children to learn the inner workings of the video game industry and also streaming video games as a full time job. We are also hosting the event on National Video Game Day in which we can come together and celebrate the milestones that video games have brought into this world.

Where: Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Library

When: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm, Saturday 12th of September

Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for students and elderly and children under 13 will come in for free

Bookings can be made on EventBrite by clicking on this link 
There is a limit of how many people can attend the event so book quickly

Meet our Living Books

Stephen O'Donnell - Twitch Streamer

Stephanie Bendixsen - Twitch Streamer

Anatham Pham - Competitive E-Sport Player

Brett Leavy - Indigenous Creative Director at Virtual Songlines 

Sessions for each book will last for 30 minutes in which we will then rotate each group so that everyone gets a chance to talk and ask questions to each of our esteemed guests. A total of 4 sessions for each guest will be conducted throughout the event. There will also be time after the event finishes for a small meet and greet with the books if there is enough time. Refreshments will be offered and there will be options if you have any dietary requirements