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Trade School vs College: What’s the better path?
Between the ever-increasing cost of a college education and the difficulties employers are facing finding people to fill jobs in transportation, construction, and skilled trades such as electricians, welders, and plumbers, it’s time to ask whether the US is doing a good job preparing our young adults for the job market. For decades high schools…
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THE 14th AMENDMENT — DOES IT PROTECT DEMOCRACY?
The 14th Amendment, one of three amendments passed directly following the Civil War, presents three separate safeguards to democracy: Giving citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Clarifying how representatives are apportioned to states. Removing the right to hold office from anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the…
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WORKSHOP: Media Bias & How to Spot It
Media bias. What is it? Why should we worry about it? Where and how can we spot it? In this workshop, we’ll look at media bias from several different angles and give you tips and tools for spotting it and arriving at your own conclusions regarding what to do about it.. ABOUT CPL Workshops Get…
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Agents of Influence: A Game to Make Informed Decisions
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Connecting Your Library Community Through Conversation
Join Living Room Conversation’s Library Partner, Annie Caplan, presenting for the American Library Association. Community conversations are an important way to connect libraries with the communities they serve. In this webinar, you will learn why it is important for libraries to be hubs for dialogue and strategies for implementing community conversations in all library types…
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Living Room Conversations: Race + Ethnicity
Join Living Room Conversations staff, Anaïs + Annie, this Black History Month for a conversation about Race + Ethnicity.We will be hosting a conversation using our Race + Ethnicity Conversation guide. Were conversations about race a part of your upbringing? If so, how was the subject approached? How did the people around you talk about other…
