Juneteenth Grab and Go Kit: Design Your Own Library Card

Tue, Jun 15 2021
6:00 am – 10:45 am
Walt Whitman Library

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Juneteenth is observed on June 19th and to celebrate and encourage discussion, the Walt Whitman Library is providing weekly grab and go kits for children and adults throughout June.

June 1-8: Black Out Poetry

Block out words and create a poem centered around freedom and equity. Children and adult kits will both be available. (Kits include a black marker and several pages of age appropriate text.)

June 8-15: Activism Megaphone 

Build your very own megaphone to share the message of the meaning of freedom and justice. (The kit includes card stock, template, stickers, a glue stick, and crayons or markers.)

June 15-18: Design Your Own Library Card

The new Black American Library card design will be announced soon! Here is your chance to show us what you'd like the card to look like. (The kits includes a library card template and markers or crayons.)

No registration is required, but kits are limited. 

 

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Add to My Calendar 06/15/2021 06:00 am 06/15/2021 10:45 am America/New_York Juneteenth Grab and Go Kit: Design Your Own Library Card <p>Juneteenth is observed on June 19th and to celebrate and&nbsp;encourage discussion, the Walt Whitman Library is providing weekly grab and go kits for children and adults throughout June.</p> <p><strong>June 1-8: Black Out Poetry</strong></p> <p>Block out words and create a poem centered around freedom and equity. Children and adult kits will both be available. (Kits include a black marker and several pages of age appropriate text.)</p> <p><strong>June 8-15:</strong> <strong>Activism Megaphone&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Build your very own megaphone to share the message of the meaning of freedom and justice. (The kit includes card stock, template, stickers, a glue stick, and crayons or markers.)</p> <p><strong>June 15-18: Design Your Own Library Card</strong></p> <p>The new Black American Library card design will be announced soon! Here is your chance to show us what you'd like the card to look like. (The kits includes a library card template and markers or crayons.)</p> <p>No registration is required, but kits are limited.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Walt Whitman Library MM/DD/YYYY 60