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Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Doors: A Panel Discussion on Diversity in Children’s Literature

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Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Doors is a free, online discussion about diversity in children’s literature. Panelists will discuss the importance of children seeing themselves reflected in the books they read (mirrors), seeing people not like themselves in the books they read (windows), and how reading creates “a sliding glass door” into another world. Panelists will […]

Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series: Sinking Cities, New York

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Engineers and urban planners work on how New York, with 520 miles of shoreline and no coastal protection, might defend itself against rising seas and storms. Film showing includes a discussion led by Amanda Bertana, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Southern Connecticut State University and former Postdoctoral Fellow for Maine's Scholars Strategy Network. The film […]

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