“Let’s Fight Racism” Campaign Launched
“LET’S FIGHT RACISM” CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Date: December 12, 2011
The “Let’s Fight Racism” poster campaign was launched by the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area (UNIC) during its Human Rights Day commemoration in Port of Spain on 8 December 2011.
The campaign aims to promote understanding about how stereotypes and the perceptions they underlie can perpetuate racial prejudice and intolerance. It further seeks to encourage individuals to confront their own personal prejudices and encourage tolerance in others. The National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), UNIC’s collaborator on this campaign, will disseminate posters throughout the country through their network of libraries.
UNIC Officer-in-Charge and United Nations Security Adviser in Port of Spain, Catherine Gilbert, and Acting Executive Director of NALIS, Lucia Phillip, addressed the launch.
Attached below are their remarks and press release.
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eViews – Have Your Say
As we celebrate National Library Week - October 30th to November 5th, 2011, NALIS invites you to post your views here. Comments should be based on the topic: “Libraries, Making a Difference, Changing Lives.”
Please note: We reserve the right not to post comments that: contains obscene, indecent, or profane language; contains threats or defamatory statements; contains hate speech directed at race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or disability; or promote or endorse services or products.
YAL Summer Camp 2011
Camp has been fun filled with field trips, dance classes, drama, conversational spanish, author’s meet & greet, Maths made easy, YMCA Rap Sessions, Movies and Aerobics. Do tell what has been your most enjoyable experience and how you feel it can be improved.
PageTurners pick of the week: The Secret Lives of Bees
We have been having fun reading and chatting. Do tell what you think about the book, Secret Lives of Bees?
Celebrating World Book and Copyright Day
NALIS congratulates all the First Time Authors!
World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated each year on the 23rd of April. This celebration, promoted by UNESCO, aims to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.
For more on World Book and Copyright Day click here.
View 2011 authors here.
“One Book, One Community” Reading and Discussion Programme 2011
Hello friends,
It’s here again! One Book, One Community! This year’s selection: Trinidad Noir, edited by Lisa Allen Agostini and Jeanne Mason.
Go to a library near you, read the book and tell us what you think.
- For more, click here.
- For full activities listing, click here.
Bocas Lit Fest
Hello friends,
All are invited to be a part of the annual literary festival celebrating books, writing, and writers. For full listing of activities, click here.
Young Adult Library: “Page Turners” Book Club – The Giver
Hello friends,
You must read The Giver, by Lois Lowry!
Try it and tell us what you think!
For more please call 624 – 4466, ext. 2062
Young Adult Library: “Page Turners” Book Club – Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
Hello friends,
Check out Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates, and tell us what you think.
For more please call 624 – 4466, ext. 2062
Young Adult Library: “Page Turners” Book Club – Heaven
Hello friends,
Have you read Heaven by Angelina Johnson yet? Tell us what you think.
For more please call 624 – 4466, ext. 2062
