November 19, 2019 Dear Jones Students, Get a Chicago Public Library Card AT SCHOOL, Thursday, November 21!! A YOUmedia librarian is coming to issue Chicago Public Library cards to all students and staff in the Jones School Library on Thursday, November 21, during all lunch periods and the ac lab period.
Click here to learn all the details about the NEW Chicago Public Library FINE FREE policy! Immigrants & Refugees List (Click HERE to access list) Spotlight on Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and founder and CEO of the nonprofit media advocacy organization Define American, Jose Antionio Vargas is among America's best-known undocumented immigrants, having come here illegally at age 12 from the Philippines. Since he acknowledged his status, he has advocated for migrant and immigrant rights worldwide. In this work Vargas considers what it means to be American and how it feels when you are considered alien in your own home. This book has particular interest for JOURNALISTS! Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Learn more about both Trangender Day of Remembrance and Trans Awareness Week. Click HERE to access Jones library books with transgender themes and information and/or check out the display at the library main entrance. Click HERE to access the list of more than 150 Jones library books with LGBTQ themes. Student Directed Fall Play! Peter and the Starcatchers, book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice The prequel to Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher explores the metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood, the impact of gender roles, and the joy in active imagination. Join us on a journey to Neverland! All members of the production team are women working under the leadership of student directors Ashton Goren and Maya Reyna, Robin Bennett Theater, November 21 at 7 PM, November 22 at 7 PM, November 23 at 2 PM and 7 PM. Tickets $8.00 in advance, $10.00 at the door. Common Cause and ALAS Team Up Against Gentrification! Please join ALAS (Association of Latin American Students) and Common Cause Wednesday, November 20, at 3:30 in the North Auditorium for a symposium with Christian Diaz from the Logan Square Neighborhood Association. We are creating a dialogue about the changes that communities across Chicago are subjected to against their will, and how young people can fight back. Mr. Diaz will tell stories about experiences organizing against gentrification in Logan Square followed by questions and discussion about solving these problems in our own communities. Read current and past library newsletters on the Keeping Up With the Jones Library blog on the library website. Thank you! Mr. Feeley November 4, 2019 Dear Jones Students, The Jones Library now has a podcast! Students are creating brief booktalk podcasts to promote the 26 titles of the Immigrants & Refugees Booklist. Click to access the podcast website and listen to the first podcast by seniors Elizabeth Zavala and Lisset Rodriguez. The podcast is available on Spotify and will soon be available on Apple Podcasts. Want to contribute a podcast episode? Let me know, and I will gladly suggest a book from the Immigrants & Refugees Booklist for you to read and promote by making a podcast, alone or with a friend. Articles, Plays, Films, Videos, Music, and More! Let’s work together to curate a list of books, articles, plays, films, videos, music, and other works that point to the experiences and challenges of migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants all around the world. Use this Google survey to suggest works for this initiative. A comprehensive list of works will be posted on the library website. Immigrants & Refugees Book Review: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith (illustrator) GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT!! Economist and Professor Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate in this work of GRAPHIC NONFICTION. He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy - greatly benefiting humanity. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration easy to follow and hard to deny. Simple Machines by Ian Morris Congratulations to Ian Morris - FOJ library volunteer coordinator and parent of senior Zelda Zerkel-Morris - for being selected as a finalist for the 9th Annual Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award! His novel Simple Machines is among the four finalists in the category of Traditional Fiction. How You Can Help Transform the Internet into a Place of Trust Click to access the April 2019 Ted Talk by Claire Wardle, an expert on user-generated content and verification working to help improve the quality of information online. Chicago Public Library has gone FINE FREE! Starting October 1st, all existing overdue debt has been wiped from the CPL system. Chicago Public Library will no longer charge late fees on most items. Click here for all the details about the new policy. CPL reports a 240% increase in book returns since Mayor Lightfoot eliminated fines. Chicago’s public libraries will roll out new Sunday hours gradually in 2020, with the goal of adding Sunday hours to all the branch libraries by the end of the year. Native Tongue: A Lakota Hip-Hop Performance with Frank Waln Saturday, November 9 at 2:00 PM at Harold Washington Library Center, YOUmedia YOUmedia celebrates Native American Heritage Month with a performance by Frank Waln, an award winning Sicangu Lakota Hip-Hop artist and music producer from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. This dynamic event honors the heritage and culture of Indigenous people. More event info HERE. Frank Waln website HERE. 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