Library Almost Ready for Lending & Collecting

Members of the former(?) Hodge Podge Collective and Bookstore have donated a large bookcase and LOTS of books on peace and social justice themes to Peace House. Soon we'll need help to place cards and pockets inside for tracking them (like old-fashioned libraries!) Janet H. has already donated the index cards and pockets which need to be glued in place. Chelsea C. says that members of Hodge Podge will come by a few weeks from now to sort the books into appropriate categories.

Other needs:
=> the right kind of glue (any librarians wish to advise us on that?)
=> a recipe or small file box in which to keep the cards of books that are checked out.
=> helpers to enter titles into a database
=> A PEACE HOUSE LIBRARIAN TO KEEP IT ALL RUNNING SMOOTHLY!!

You might want to donate books from your personal collection so that they may circulate among the community of peace-makers. At this time, we want to limit donated books to those titles that are really excellent and which the donor can highly recommend. Of course we also want to stick to the themes of peace, social justice and spiritual or secular topics which support our engagement with nonviolence. Tempting (and necessary unfortunately) as it is to be overtly electorally partisan in these times, it is important for Peace House to focus on hopeful positive aspects of change-making. There's plenty of vitriol and rage spewing elsewhere!

peace,
Valerie