Learning Never Ends: Discover lifelong learning! A Human Library Event in collaboration with the NSW Seniors Festival

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Date: 1st February 2024

Time: 9am to 12:00pm (noon)

Where: Azure Beach Public Library ground floor (follow the signs!)

Have you ever told yourself “I’m too old to learn this?” Learning is a life-long activity, but too often we falsely tell ourselves there is an age limit to learning. Come on down to the Azure Beach Public Library for our Human Library Event where you can meet and chat with seniors with a passion for learning.

Whether it’s engaging your creative artistic side, joining a rock band, or dedicating your life to becoming a deep expert in history, our living books will show you that there’s no such thing as too late. 

Human Library

The Human Library project is founded on the principle of unjudging people. Borrow real people as living books for an in-depth one-on-one conversation to learn about their lives in their own words. For more information see the Human Library website at: https://humanlibrary.org/ 

NSW Seniors Festival

The NSW Seniors Festival celebrates the unique contributions of older adults to our communities. We are proud to host this Human Library event in conjunction with the Seniors Festival. Clink the link to find out more! https://www.nsw.gov.au/seniors-festival

Booking

This event is free, but there are limited time slots for "books" as each conversation is limited to 20 minutes. Be sure to "reserve" your book at EVENTBRITE.

 

Wayne Norwood

Where Pride Began: Meet the 78ers!

"Out of the bars, into the streets!" 

When: Saturday 17 February 2024
Where: Azure Beach Public Library – Azure Room
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm 
Cost: Free

Mother Tongues

 

Mother Tongues

Indigenous Literacy Day - Sept 9^th-10^th 2023

About the event

Azure Beach Library is celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day with a two-day event solely focussed on indigenous culture.  We are offering members of the public the opportunity to come on site and speak to our “Human Book” officials about Literacy within Indigenous Australian culture.

Our focus

The importance of harnessing communication and delivering empowerment to Indigenous Australians by having members of the community act as key experienced speakers delivering their historical impact on art and culture through the form of storytelling. This event marks an important time to delve into the ethos of a rich history whilst paving way for further representation for the future.

Human Books

We will have four Human Books on site over the weekend.  Members of the public are encouraged to come on site and request to speak to any individual (for free) for one to one or group meetings to discuss Art, Writing, History and Storytelling. Two of the Human Library team are offering to speak with their native tongue as part of the interactive experience.  Interpreters will be available for these experiences should anyone wish it.

Our aim

The human library experience we hope will have a “Pay it forward” approach so that interactions with the human libraries will provide potential and confidence in others to take part and go on to become the writers that we hear from in the future.

We hope that people enjoy this interactive and celebratory event bringing focus to the community and sharing all of their potential as storytellers.

Booking

This event is free but be advised that it is worth booking a ticket that guarantees you entry through the door with us as we have limited space on site. Contact us at Booking@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au to claim your spot!

As we want this to be as an interactive venture – it is not possible to book any of our Human libraries in advance of the event.

 

THIS IS A FREE EVENT

Details

Location: Azure Beach Library, Beach Road, Fakesville, NSW.

Dates: Saturday 9^th – Sunday 10^th September 2023.

Opening times: 9am – 4pm both days!

Facilities: Car parking and wheel chair access available.

 

Contact us:

Bookings: Booking@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au

Front Desk queries: 020 5895 6547

Email: Info@azurebeachlibrary.gov.au

Useful links:

Human Library Website: https://humanlibrary.org/

State Library Indigenous Spaces: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/public-library-services/services/indigenous-spaces/welcome-indigenous-peoples-your-library

STEVEN HURST 

"Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" A Human Library Event

"Don't Judge a Book by its Cover"                              A Human Library Event

Azure Beach Public Library is hosting a Human Library event in the lead up to Social Inclusion Week (SIW) 18-26 November, 2023 to 'Connect, Collaborate & Celebrate'.

This event is to help all citizens to participate and feel involved in Azure Beach Community and listen to 6 Indigenous Human Library 'living books' share their stories of the challenges of growing up during the campaign for Aboriginal rights during the 1967 Aboriginal Referendum.

What Is The Human Library?

The Human Library is a global initiative that originated from Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000. The concept of the Human Library is that of people from diverse backgrounds volunteer to be the living book loaned to readers to tell their story, encourage challenging conversations, questions and understanding of diverse individuals personal and collective life experiences.
For more information visit https://humanlibrary.org/

Event Details

When: Thursday 16th November 2023

Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Where: Azure Beach Public Library

44 Lighting Way, Azure Beach NSW 2100

Bookings

The Human Library event is free and 18 + however bookings are required to borrow living books at allocated times. 

For booking enquiries please contact:

Email: hello@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

Social Inclusion Week (SIW) Australia

'Social Inclusion Week (SIW) Australia is a yearly event to encourage communities to reconnect and be inclusive of all age groups, cultures, nationalities and abilities.' 

This initiative focuses on helping all Australians to feel included, and feel valued to participate fully in Australian society. The brainchild of Jonathon Welch AM and launched in 2009,‘Social Inclusion Week’ put Australia on the global stage as the only country in the world to celebrate Social Inclusion nationally. In September 2012, he began his vision with the ‘School of Hard Knocks’ and 'Play It Forward' which are both inclusive arts and well being programs for all Australians experiencing disadvantages and homelessness.

For more information visit: https://www.socialinclusionweek.com.au

This year, Social Inclusion Week Australia runs from Saturday 18 - Sunday 26 November, 2023 with this year's theme:

CONNECT, COLLABORATE & CELEBRATE!

 Mary De Guzman

June 09, 2023 

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Listen, Understand and Respect “Human Living Library “- Azure Beach Library ------ Mental Health Awareness Month: October 2023

Azure Beach Library will host “Human Living Library” event on Oct 12, 2023 as one  part of Mental Health Month activities.  

Mental Health Month is celebrated each year in the month of October in NSW. It gives us opportunity to understand the importance of good mental health in our life. The Mental Health Month theme for 2023 is 'We all have a role to play'. It encourages us to pay more attention to  our mental health and wellbeing, consider the ways we connect with the people around us. Seek assistance if needed.

 

Human Living Library is an event in the library, in which you can borrow people as “books” for a certain time, and talk with “book’s in the library. Here you can hear stories of different  people who may suffer from mental disorder, flee from war, be homeless, child abuse survivors etc. This conversation will challenge everything we may take it for granted and help us “unjudged someone”. 

Aim:  Increase understanding and respect for diversity in the community; improve the mental health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Theme: “let’s talk each other, so we will know each other to improve the mental   health and wellbeing of marginalized communities”.

Date: October 12,2023

Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Location: Azure Beach Library

Please Note: 16+ years

Booking: through EventBrite

Meet our books:

Useful links:

 

http://humanlibrary.org/

https://www.thetravel.com/the-human-library-copenhagen-how-it-works/

The human library: where the `books' tell their own stories

 

Any further question please contact:

Sunshine123 @ AzureBeachibrary.gov.au

 

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