Akron-Summit County Public Library Director David Jennings plans to retire on March 31, 2018, after serving the library system for nearly 40 years, leading the organization through many phases of innovation, like a successful levy campaign, expansion of the system, a Tech Center at the Main Library and a robust electronic book collection. The announcement to the Library's … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Benjamin Rexroad – It was the Summer Of…
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Richard Harrison – The Harrison Mystery House
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Sylvia Gage – My Brother’s Keeper
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Bart Sullivan – What Are You Afraid Of?
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Yoly Miller – He Frequently Calls
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Thomas Skala – Planting Kindness
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Kyle Jozsa – High School Drama
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Foster care and adoption information meeting at Green Branch Library
Summit County Children Services is sponsoring a free Foster Care and Adoption Information Meeting on Wednesday, May 4 from 6-8 p.m. at the Green Branch Library, 4046 Massillon Rd., Uniontown. There is always a need for foster and adoptive parents in Summit County. Our agency presently has more than 200 children in foster care – including more than 40 children in permanent … [Read more...]
Foster care and adoption information meeting set for Firestone Park Branch Library on February 22
Summit County Children Services is sponsoring a free Foster Care and Adoption Information Meeting on Monday, February 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the Firestone Park Branch Library, 1486 Aster Ave., Akron. As of the end of January, 45 children in agency custody were waiting to be adopted. Area residents who attend the information meeting will learn a variety of details about the … [Read more...]
