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The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library (133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510) the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

January 7 - We March by Shane W. Evans | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Read about the 1963 March on Washington and express your dreams in a rainbow craft.

Join the LGBTQ Affinity Group in a discussion on the history and nature of queer horror with Eric LaRocca (he/they), a Bram Stoker Award®-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of several works of horror and dark fiction. Bring your questions to what is likely to be a killer discussion. Five signed copies of LaRocca’s latest work, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, will be given to the first five to sign up!

Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Your participation makes a difference in the lives of those facing the disease.

At any given moment, an estimated 40.3 million people are being victimized in situations of trafficking and exploitation (including forced marriage) worldwide. 25% of these are children.

Please join the Future Leaders of Yale, LGBTQ Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Yale Latino Networking Group for an information session with Love146.

Attendees will learn about child trafficking, vulnerabilities that make a child more susceptible, programs that Love146 offers, and how to help/get involved.

Minneapolis city council president Andrea Jenkins made national headlines in 2017 after becoming the country’s first out Black trans person elected to public office. In 2022 she created history again when voted council president. The writer, performance artist, poet and transgender activist will talk about her experiences in activism and the importance of centering love as a motivating force in social justice work.