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At Wednesday's Big Read kickoff.
“The model minority myth is my worst enemy,” Angelina Li said at a Dixwell public library celebration of diversity and complexity and, of course, “big” reading.
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David Daniels at author talk at Stetson Library.
The Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994, edition of the Connecticut Post pictures a young Black man in police blues holding a hangman’s noose. The man was David Daniels, a police officer. The noose was left on his patrol car.
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Preschoolers at Fair Haven library for Tuesday's bilingual session.
Sitting around a colorful rug, 30 pre-schoolers were asked to recount what they’ve been doing over the summer.
“In the summer I love to swim,” said some of the children.
“Me gusta comer helado durante el verano,” said others.
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Kristin Washington meets with job-pitchers from state Department of Aging and Disability Services.
Kristin Washington showed up to the Fair Haven public library fueled by a dream to work in public health — and ready to find out if state government employment could be the right career path for her now that’s she graduated from college and hunting for a job.
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