Tompkins County Public Library will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with “Rhythm of Courage,” a program featuring African drumming and stories about King’s life and work, Monday, January 16 at 1 p.m. in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room.
Led
by community advocate Aloja Airewele, “Rhythm of Courage” will offer families
of children ages 5 and up a powerful message—through storytelling and
drumming--about the strength of personal convictions, including Airewele’s
personal encounters with King’s colleagues and collaborators.
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 is
former president of the Tompkins County Public Library Board of Trustees and
currently serves as coordinator of Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative
Extension’s Energy Warriors program.
For
more information, contact the Library’s Youth Services Department at (607)
272-4557 extension 275.
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