<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent"><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">We have two great programs today; one is on location at LBPH (Center Stage) and the second is a Teleconference. Please join us for these FREE events! </span></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><u style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><br></u></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><u style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">Microaggressions: Teleconference</u><br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 PM<br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">Call in Number: 605-472-5462, Call in PIN: 337861</div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">The Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped continues the NEA Big Read at the University Baltimore celebration of Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine with a teleconference on Microaggressions on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 7:30 PM. The platform chosen for this <span class="gmail-il">event</span> was designed for inclusion, allowing all those who wish to attend to participate. This book is located on BARD under DB81184. The <span class="gmail-il">event</span> will feature Dr. Harriette E. Wimms, the founder and director of the Village Family Center of Baltimore, speaking on the ongoing issues surrounding Microaggressions. Microaggressions are a key theme in the Big Read's Citizen: An American Lyric, as the author, discusses how every day assaults on her ethnicity and her gender shapes her view of the world around her. Dr. Wimms will be speaking about Microaggressions as a whole and how such assaults are not limited to race and gender. Drawing from her many years of experience, she will help define and expand our understanding of Microaggression to include the disabled community, while helping us find ways to combat the effects of this behavior on our mental health. The University of Baltimore is one of 79 communities nationwide participating in the NEA Big Read. From February 7 to March 7, 2019, our community will celebrate Citizen: An American Lyric with a full calendar of <span class="gmail-il">events</span> including a visit from the author, Claudia Rankine, on March 7. Facebook Link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2054317814654293/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="gmail-il">events</span>/2054317814654293/</a><br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><br class="gmail-m_-6024712721037802839gmail-m_8363966696763521241gmail-m_5101887691065674816gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent"><br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent"><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><u style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">Center Stage Mobile Theater: </u><br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">Wednesday, February 27, 12:30 PM, LBPH<br style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible"><i style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">TOUCH TOUR - 12:30 PM, PLAY - 1:00 PM</i></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13.33px;line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible">A civil war has just ended, throwing the city into chaos and tearing families apart. Desperate to establish peace and order, the victorious leader, Creon, has issued strict new laws. But his niece, Antigone, resists these decrees for violating spiritual law and threatening her right to honor the dead. With lives, loves, and justice on the line, and two competing truths on a collision course, can the personal and the political co-exist? What happens when the good of the many clashes with the good of a few? Who wins when the laws of men confront the laws of nature? And can one still, small voice really shake the foundations of power? The Baltimore Center Stage Mobile Unit presents a freshly re-imagined production of Sophocles’ timeless drama, directed by Daniel Bryant (Twelfth Night, Endgame)—set in the not-so-distant present, past, and future, and featuring original poetry by 2016 National Poetry Slam Champion (and local Baltimorean), Lady Brion. Facebook Link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/610846872679307" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="gmail-il">events</span>/610846872679307</a>/</div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ashley</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse">
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<i>Outreach Librarian</i><br>Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<br>Maryland State Library<br>415 Park Avenue<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603<br>
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