by Susan Larson | Jun 17, 2020 | Book Lists
The killing of George Floyd and resulting Black Lives Matter protests worldwide have ignited an international conversation about systemic racism. Young adults, you are an important part of that conversation. Systemic racism against black Americans began when the...
by Susan Larson | Jun 3, 2020 | Book Lists
Some people respond to Black Lives Matter with “all lives matter.” Yes, they do. That’s why Black Lives Matter is so important. Too many white people don’t include people of color in “all lives matter,” and many white people...
by Susan Larson | Aug 30, 2019 | Book Bits, Book Lists
Thanks to recommendations from Town Manager Don Turner, Milton Public Library Board President Lisa Barron, and Friends of Milton Library President Shelly Hitchcox, I’ve been chosen as one of four Vermonters to attend the New England Library Leadership Symposium. The...
by Susan Larson | May 15, 2019 | Book Bits, Book Lists
By Susan Larson June 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, considered the pivotal point in the equal rights movement for gays. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. It...
