2024

 

Musical Connections, Thursday Feb 15th - Virtual

February 15, 2024 at 7 pm. Musical Connections. How did a woman in Massachusetts come to give a more than 100-year-old violin to a police officer living in Prince George's County? Join us for the virtual conversation about the connective and healing power of music. Set a reminder to tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-svXj4uZg

 

Rock Banned Book Club on The Bluest Eye - 6:30 pm, Spauldings Branch Library, February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024 - Our Rock Banned Book Club with PGCMLS continues as we read Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Join us at 6:30 pm at Spauldings Branch Library. Learn more and register for free here: https://pgcmls.info/event/9710511

 

Author Ethel Morgan Smith on "Path to Grace"

February 13, 2024 - Join us with PGCMLS for a Black History Month event with Ethel Morgan Smith in conversation about Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement.  Set a reminder to join us here at 7:00 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5cg9_j-cp0

Khoi Young - Empowering the Game Flyer

February 6th, 2024 - We partner with the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System for a Black History Month special event as we welcome Khoi Young, a Prince George’s County native who has taken his gymnastic skills to Stanford University and has represented Team USA at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. Learn more about his journey, accomplishments, and barriers that he has overcome to get to where he is now!

Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-9J75Qvgw

Dr. Carlton Waterhouse Event Flyer

February 5th, 2023 - We partner with the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System for a Black History Month special event on redlining and environmental justice with Dr. Carlton Waterhouse. 

Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZe5AE8IMA

 

2024 Human Rights Day in Annapolis flyer

February 5th, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm - Human Rights Day in Annapolis. Join us and the other members of the Maryland Association of Human Rights Agencies for 2024 Human Rights Day in Annapolis. Lunch will be provided. Learn more and register for free at bit.ly/2024-MAHRA

 

Social Justice in Community Event Flyer

February 1, 2024 - In partnership with Prince George’s County Memorial Library System and the University of Maryland we launched our Social Justice in Community series. The Social Justice in Community series brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles. 

 

Martin Luther King Day Event

January 13, 2024 - We joined Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's Community College for an in-person, "Embracing Our Humanity: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Discussion" with racial healing expert Dr. Gail Christopher.