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Our Graphic Novel Book Club is meeting monthly on Zoom from 6:30 – 8 PM. All are welcome to join! Registration is required. Email Kelley at kcrisp@ewmlibrary.org if you are interested in joining and to request the next book title.

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We offer 30 minute sessions Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm Read more about it at ewmlibrary.org/tech-help/.

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Presented by the Western Mass group of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

This program will look at gun violence by the numbers in the United States and specifically Holyoke and Springfield as well as recent actions in these communities. The panelists will discuss the root causes, ongoing effects of gun violence and legislation currently before the Commonwealth and the federal government. Each panelist will describe 2-3 actions that those in the audience can take to participate in important change. 

The presentation and discussion will be moderated by Natasha Mitchell and will include three participants from other organizations who are members of the Nonviolent Springfield Coalition which meets twice a month. Natasha has been an activist and community leader throughout Western Massachusetts for the past twenty-six years. She is the Founder and CEO of Potter’s Wheel Community Services, an organization intent on aggressively delving into cultural diversity, impacts of trauma, restorative circles, marriage and family Therapy, and gang/gun violence prevention. Robin Neipp, the Local Lead for Moms, will begin the program by presenting the statistics of state and local gun violence. The other panelists are: 

• Ron Mitchell, a Community Organizer for ROCA Springfield who works with young men who have experienced trauma, teaching them to break the patterns of violence, incarceration and poverty.
• Reverend Lauren Holm is the Pastor of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Springfield and the chair/moderator of Springfield Campaign Nonviolence and Springfield Nonviolence Coaltion.
• Juanita Batchelor is an activist and the founder and Director of the Darrell Lee Jenkins, Jr. Families of Homicide Resource Center in Springfield.
• Ruth Zakarin is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coaltion to Prevent Gun Violence.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Our Books and Bites Cookbook Club meets monthly on Zoom, on the 2nd Tuesday, from 6:30 – 8 PM. We provide copies of each title for participants to check out. Visit the Books and Bites page to see what they are cooking.

Come in to pick up a copy of the next cookbook. Pick a recipe or recipes. Cook, bake, create!

The join the discussion, starting at 6:30pm, by doing either of the following:
Click tinyurl.com/ewml-books-bites-zoom
Enter these numbers Meeting ID: 861 7757 8106 , Passcode: 648966

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We offer 30 minute sessions Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm Read more about it at ewmlibrary.org/tech-help/.

Our Intersectional Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every other month, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM. All are welcome! This Zoom program requires registration. Email Kelley at kcrisp@ewmlibrary.org if you are interested in joining and to request the next book title.

Request an appointment at tinyurl.com/epl-tech-help

We offer 30 minute sessions Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm Read more about it at ewmlibrary.org/tech-help/.

Our Monday Night Book Club is meeting monthly on Zoom (except twice in January and not in December) from 6:30 – 8 PM. We provide copies of each title for participants to check out. Visit the Monday Night Book Club page OR print a copy of the schedule to see what they are reading.

Come in to pick up a copy of the monthly selection.

Join the discussion, starting at 6:30pm, by doing either of the following:
Click tinyurl.com/ewml-mnbc-zoom
Enter these numbers Meeting ID: 846 3308 8996 , Passcode: 587853

Request an appointment at tinyurl.com/epl-tech-help

We offer 30 minute sessions Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm Read more about it at ewmlibrary.org/tech-help/.

Request an appointment at tinyurl.com/epl-tech-help

We offer 30 minute sessions Wednesdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm Read more about it at ewmlibrary.org/tech-help/.