York College's Center for Community Engagement (CCE) will host its third session of Human Library - an event featuring a library collection of humans from the central Pennsylvania community sharing their stories with others through open, honest conversations. The event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the CCE, 59 E. Market St., York.
A Human Library is a library of human beings who each represent a group in the community that is somehow exposed to stigma, prejudice, and/or discrimination. It aims to establish a safe conversational space where difficult questions are expected, appreciated, and answered.
Participants are invited to become readers by taking a person out on loan for a conversation on the topic/issue that they represent. Conversations are offered to a duration of approximately 30 minutes. This is not a storytelling session, but rather an experience sharing with a built-in question-and-answer time. The outcome of the session and direction of the talk is dependent on what the readers ask about.
The event is open to the public free of charge; however, registration is required at http://www.eventbrite.com. For additional information, readers may contact Nick McConnell at nmcconne@ycp.edu.
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