Library to Host Cultural Storytelling Featuring Aloja Airewele and Friends

Tompkins County Public Library will host “Life as a Story,” a lunchtime storytelling event featuring community volunteer and activist Aloja Airewele and friends, August 13 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.

“Life as a Story,” will bring locals of various backgrounds and cultures-- including individuals of Irish, Jewish, Nigerian and Hispanic descent--together for an afternoon of stories and music.

Born and raised in Nigeria, Airewele is a trained physician and worked in family medicine before immigrating with his family to the United States in 1997.  He currently serves as a director for Shape Our Future Now (www.shapeourfuturenow.org),

an organization dedicated to helping communities affected by violence in Northern Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

This family-friendly program is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 or cwheeler@tcpl.org.