The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library hosts COMING TOGETHER: A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

THURSDAY, MAY 13 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Guest Moderators: Mayor Pro Tem and educator, Felicia Solomon and
Elder Mike Martin, of the First Presbyterian Church


THURSDAY, MAY 20 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Guest Moderator: Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist
Church


TUESDAY, MAY 25 – 6:30 P.M.

Webinar – Environmental Justice with Dr. Danielle Purifoy, UNC Public Humanities.
Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/nrlwebinar

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 – 5:30 P.M.
(SERVING PIZZA AND POPCORN)

Movie Screening and Discussion – Just Mercy
Guest Moderator: Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist
Church and M. Grady-Wheatley, of the African American Heritage
Commission of Kinston and Lenoir County

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 19 – 10:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.

Juneteenth Community Celebration – African American Music Trail
Park on Queen St. in Kinston

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Guest Moderators: Sarah Arney, Community Development Planner
for the City of Kinston and Pastor William Hudson of St. John FWB
Church

The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library hosts

COMING TOGETHER: A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

May 2021

THURSDAY, MAY 13 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Guest Moderators: Mayor Pro Tem and educator, Felicia Solomon and
Elder Mike Martin, of the First Presbyterian Church

THURSDAY, MAY 20 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Guest Moderator: Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist
Church

Felicia Solomon, Mayor Pro Tem and Educator
Elder Mike Martin, of the First Presbyterian Church
Tiffani Koonce, Founder & Executive Director of Freedom on the Inside, INC
Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist Church
Rev. James H Mumford, M.Div. of the United American Free Will Baptist Denomination

TUESDAY, MAY 25 – 6:30 P.M.

Webinar – Environmental Justice with Dr. Danielle Purifoy, UNC Public Humanities.
Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/nrlwebinar

Dr. Danielle Purifoy, UNC Public Humanities

June 2021

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 – 5:30 P.M.
(SERVING PIZZA AND POPCORN)

Movie Screening and Discussion – Just Mercy
Guest Moderator: Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist
Church and M. Grady-Wheatley, of the African American Heritage
Commission of Kinston and Lenoir County

SATURDAY, JUNE 19 – 10:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.

 

Juneteenth Community Celebration – African American Music Trail
Park on Queen St. in Kinston

Jamie Thompson of the Pink Hill United Methodist Church
M. Grady-Wheatley, of the African American Heritage Commission of Kinston and Lenoir County

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 – 6:30 P.M.

Book Discussion – How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Guest Moderators: Sarah Arney, Community Development Planner
for the City of Kinston and Pastor William Hudson of St. John FWB
Church

Sarah Arney, Community Development Planner
Pastor William Hudson of St. John FWB Church