Find A Home in Me - Borrow a Human Living Book - Free Event

We are holding our annual event for Homelessness Week


When:   8 August 2020

Time:   10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Where:  Pearl Cove Library, in the Pearl Café

Fee:  This is a FREE event!








Find A Home in Me is one of Pearl Cove’s annual Human Living Library events. This year, Pearl Cove Library welcomes four new Human Living Books. Together, we will extend our arms and share stories of a growing reality of displacement, exclusion and human experience.

Homelessness in Australia has increased by 13.7% in the span of 5 years. That's about 50 individuals out of every 10,000 Australians. 20% (or 23,347) are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. 30% are born overseas. - Homelessness Australia

Choose to speak to one of our Human Living Books: Homelessness Australia representative, Indigenous Australian community member, War veteran who battled homelessness and Salvation Army staff member.

Refreshments** will be provided on the day.

Visit Eventbrite to reserve a time slot with one of our Human Library Books. Options for food and preferred book will be available when booking. There is a limit to one book per person. An email will be sent out to confirm bookings and choices. Event details will also be included in the email. Please keep this email for event entry on the day. There may also be room for walk-in sessions on the day.

**All food and drinks will have Halal, Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten and Lactose free options.

For any questions or help, please send an email to pearlcovelibrary@mail.com OR call us on 0000 0000.

This event is in partnership with Homelessness Australia.

Homeless but still Human

 

 Homeless but still Human

 

                      About the event:  Homelessness is increasing in Australia. Come
                    to the 'Homeless but still Human' event at Pearl Cove Library and
                    meet some 'Living Library books'. They are people affected by            
                    homelessness, who will chat with you about their experienced, how
                    they became homeless, and what helped, or didn't, on their journey
                          

                          Event details:  
                          Time:           10.00am - 4.00pm 
                          Day:             Thursday, 8 August 2019
                          Place:           Pearl Room, Pearl Cove Public Library                                    
                                              106 Jellico Road, Pearl Cove  NSW  2019
                          Cost:            Free event

                          Bookings: 
                          Bookings are essential, but everyone is very welcome.
                          Contact Eventbrite please, by 1 August 2019       
                         

                     More information: 
                     Human Living Library visit human library organisation                          
                     Homelessness in Australia visit council to homeless persons  
                     For more information about this event contact us
                     Phone: 9977 6842  Email: eva@pcpl.nsw.gov.au   
                  
Image https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/the-lonely-homeless-man-12190/
Posted by Bronwyn Campbell

Bioscience: Breaking barriers

Pearl Cove Library is celebrating National Science Week with a Human Living Library event. Human Living Libraries facilitate one-on-one conversation between "Readers" and "Books." Books are real people from the local or wider community who share their personal stories, experiences and knowledge.

The theme for this years national science week is Game Changers and Change Makers. Some of the greatest scientific game changers of recent decades have come from the field of bioscience - the science of life. It's an area that is rapidly developing exciting new technologies and discoveries that will shape our future, from innovations in health and disease, to saving threatened plant and animal species. Our Living Books are breaking down the barriers of traditional science to encourage more open, collaborative and accessible science.

Some of the Living Books who will be available to borrow for a 20 minute chat include:

Dr. Alice Williamson: Open Source Scientist, University of Sydney
Open source scientists publish their work online, in real time, allowing their research to be freely accessed by anyone in the world. As well as lecturing at the University of Sydney and presenting on ABC radio, Dr. Williamson has been working with high school students to develop an open source anti-malarial drug. 

Symeon Marou: Indigenous ranger working in native species recovery 
Symeon works together with conservation scientists and other indigenous rangers, who use their unique knowledge of the land to collect data on pests and native animals.

Charlotte Lawrence-Slater: Cancer survivor and advocate for genetic sequencing in disease treatment 
In 2014, Charlotte was diagnosed with an aggressive form of adrenal cancer and given less than a year to live. She was faced with a lack of treatment options until her genome was sequenced by the Garvan Institute in only 10 days, allowing for identification of a specific gene mutation which could be treated with drugs originally used to target an unrelated form of cancer. 

Karlie Noon: Indigenous science graduate 
Karlie grew up in a poor household in rural Australia. She became the first person in her family to study at university and is currently completing her PhD, alongside working with the CSIRO's Indigenous STEM education Project through which she mentors indigenous students.

When?

Saturday 18th of August 2018
Where?
Pearl Cove Library - Cove Meeting Room
Bookings:
Not required. Living Books can be borrowed and reserved on the day.
Further information
Pearl Cove Library: Contact Us

National Science Week

Human Living Libraries

Image credits
Heads on bookshelf

Dr. Alice Williamson 

Symeon Marou 

Charlotte Lawrence-Slater 

Karlie Noon

By Ekaterina Jephtha 

Living Memories – Borrow physical manifestations of wisdom!

 

                                                                Image taken from: Maxpixel 

Fancy taking a stroll through the memories of people that have been around for decades? then this event is for you!

Pearl Cove Library shall be hosting a free living library event aimed at borrowing the elderly. These books will be from various categories, including Indigenous books and books with a disability. This event is largely to remind the community that the elderly population have a lot to offer, especially knowledge-wise.

Borrow a book, grab a name tag, and help yourselves to refreshments. I am sure that you will discover interesting things, such as their life experiences, and how the community has changed over the ages!

Some interesting information about the elderly in Australia can be found here.

Spots are limited! RSVP for the event through Eventbrite to make sure you can attend!  

Event Information:

Pearl Room
Pearl Cove Library 

12pm-2pm
Sunday 19th August 2018

Jake Sawatzky

Recognition, Reconciliation, Respect.

International Indigenous People’s Day

Recognition, Reconciliation, Respect.

Image belongs to Michael Coghlan 

As part of International International People's day, come and learn from local aboriginal people and the social organisations that work alongside them for an afternoon of recognition, reconciliation, respect and understanding.

This is a human living libraries event. The books are people. You borrow them for a while, chat and hear their stories. No bookings necessary, just come with an open mind.

Date: Saturday 11.08.2017

Time: 2pm-5pm

Location: Pearl Cove Library

To learn more, visit: http://www.australianstogether.org.au/stories/detail/who-are-indigenous-australians-4

  

Peter Brennan