Grand Opening in Pictures

The Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales Branch Library is Officially Open!!!

Grupo Tlaloc: Blessing Ceremony and Dance

Storytime Corner

"Make A Happy Sound" in our music studio

Coffee, Tea, Snacks...

Library vs. Lieberry

"There weren't even any windows, just blocks of concrete stacked on top of one another to form walls... It was a library, not a lieberry."

"A lieberry has windows with light coming through them. A lieberry is as cozy as a garden. The ideas it inspires are seeds that grow up to be flowers. " 
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Mental Illness in the Black Community

Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm EST is set aside for the Black Girl Nerd Podcast. I listen to the live podcast, chat with other listeners, and post comments and questions to twitter  #BGNPodcast Topics range from interracial dating to Doctor Who to discussions featuring celebrity panelists such as Taimak.  Tonight the discussion topic was Mental Illness in the Black Community and the discussion was rich, empowering, deep, light-hearted, funny, and life affirming. 

I listen to the BGNPodcasts because I self-identify as African-American, female, and nerd (of the book nerd variety) As a book nerd, the more I listened to the podcast, and the more I participated in the Twitter discussion, the more I felt compelled to share some resources related to the topic. 

   

 

 

openpathcollective.org
http://www.medicare.gov/coverage/outpatient-mental-health-care.html
depressioncomix.com
betterhelp.com
depressedwhileblack.tumblr