Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with Humanities New York, will host a weekly discussion series on community and civic engagement beginning April 6 at 6 p.m. in the Library’s Ezra Cornell Reading Room.
Facilitated by community activist and Ithaca Festival Assistant
Director McKenzie Jones, these discussions will incorporate required readings,
including essays, short stories and poetry, selected from the book “The
Civically Engaged Reader.” Each week will feature a different step on the path
to civic engagement, including identifying, serving, giving and leading.
Copies of the readings will be available for registered
participants beginning in March.
Jones has been engaged in community service for more than half of
her life, using civic engagement to further youth leadership development,
environmental sustainability and smart urban planning. She has lived in Ithaca
for nine years and currently resides in a downtown housing cooperative with her
two young children.
Humanities New York is a non-profit organization dedicated to
encouraging critical thinking and cultural understanding in the public arena
through grants, programs, networking and advocacy.
This series is free and open to the public, however, advance
registration is required. To register, or for more information, contact Teresa
Vadakin at tvadakin@tcpl.org
or (607) 272-4557 extension 272.
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