LOS ANGELES– Please join us as The Whole Child and Champions for Change treat us to a free class on Nutrition topped off with a healthy serving of Zumba! Class will be taught in Spanish; children that heed their parents’ directives are welcome as well. Contact person: Yago Cura , Librarian II, (323) 234-9106, ycura@lapl.org This program is part of California Humanities’ grant program entitled “Library Innovation Lab: Exploring New Ways of Engaging California’s Immigrant Communities.” Vernon Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is one grantee of the 2017 cohort. The Library Innovation Lab pilot project provides training, support, and resources to a cohort of programming librarians, enabling them to design and implement new public humanities projects that will reach and engage underserved immigrant groups in their communities during the program period. To learn more about Library Innovation Lab, please visit our webpage here.
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
