This season, the Library is partnering with the P.A. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee in a social justice reading initiative. Inspired by the exceptional booklist created by Bank Street College of Education and School Library Journal, we are encouraging the entire Park community to give the gift of reading books that “promote an inclusive, democratic, and just society.” In additional to being a thoughtful gift, the Library has acquired nearly every title, and these books are available to borrow over winter break.
In her holiday New York Times Editor’s Letter, Hanya Yanagihara writes, “the ability to practice and demonstrate personal decency, to say and do the things that make life fairer and more just for the weakest and least privileged among us, is inalienable, and the truest exertion of personal autonomy. It is something to celebrate: at holiday time, of course, but always, and is therefore the most profound gift of all.” It is in this spirit that we hope to inspire our community to “JUST” read!
“The ability to practice and demonstrate personal decency, to say and do the things that make life fairer and more just for the weakest and least privileged among us, is inalienable, and the truest exertion of personal autonomy. It is something to celebrate: at holiday time, of course, but always, and is therefore the most profound gift of all.”
