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Braver Angels CT Alliance

Thursday, February 16th | 7 pm

The Braver Angels Connecticut Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of its first Book Club series! Each four-session series, held online, will feature a text of interest to those who are members or interested in Braver Angels as a framework to reduce the polarization so evident in our nation.

Our first four-session series, from February to March, will focus on I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Time (Benbella Books, 2022) by Mónica Guzmán, Director of Digital & Storytelling at Braver Angels.

More on the book here: Here

Responsibility of the Participants: Sign up, Acquire the book, Commit to the 4 sessions, Be a good listener.

• This is a four-session series. Register only if you can attend all four Thursday evening sessions. February 16th, 7pm-8:30 | Break for everyone to catch up | March 2th, 7pm-8:30 | March 9th, 7pm-8:30 |

March 16th, 7pm-8:30 Attendance is limited.

Facilitated by Christopher Clouet, Braver Angels Connecticut State Co-Chair and a veteran educator. He has worked as a teacher of elementary students, served as Special Advisor to Miguel Cardona (current U.S. Secretary of Education), High School principal, school district superintendent, as well as an instructor at Brown, Columbia, UConn and now as a faculty member at Mitchell College.

Online

Virtual Author Talk with Grace M. Cho

Thursday, February 16th | 1 pm

You’re invited to an insightful chat with award-winning author Grace M. Cho as she discusses her memoir, Tastes Like War: 

Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobic small town during the Cold War, where identity was politicized by everyday details—language, cultural references, memories, and food. When Grace was fifteen, her dynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia, a condition that would continue and evolve for the rest of her life.

Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk. Registration is required. A recording of the event will be available. 

Click here to register.

Online

February F.U.N. Meeting

Valentine Costume Party

Saturday, February 11th | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Newtown Community Center

Valentine Costume Dance Party! Dress up in a "FUN" Valentine costume for the event and decorate Valentine's cards for the troops.

Knitting group for those interested in learning how to knit. Pizza, dancing and more.

Come as a couple/family and have some time together whilst the student volutneers help watch your kids! https://bit.ly/ValentineFUN



In person

Newtown Community Center

8 Simpson Street, Newtown, CT 06470

Is Climate Change a Moral Issue?

Thursday, February 9th | 7 pm - 8:30 pm

Climate change: what does it mean for something to be a moral issue?  This presentation will attempt to answer the question as an individual, as a member of our society and in relation to the global environment as a whole. 

There will be a Q&A period at the end of the program. You are encouraged to submit a question when you register or to ask it during the program. Dr. Malavisi is an Associate Professor and Co-Chair in the Department of Philosophy & Humanistic Studies at Western Connecticut State University.

Online

Black History Month on Hoopla

February

Music, audiobooks, comics and much more! Use your library card to check out Hoopla, a free service that gives you access to a huge library of digital media. This month, Hoopla has put together a collection for Black History Month, with titles across all medias: Margot Lee Shetterley's Hidden Figures; Zora Neale Hurston's Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick; Ken Burn's Jazz; Chris Rock's Good Hair; Otis Redding's Remember Me and so much more.

Triangle Community Center

Peer Support Groups

The Triangle Community Center has a number of peer groups for Nonbinary, Transgender, Autism and Anxiety support and more. Groups are available on Zoom and in person, for youths and adults.

Find out more on their website here.

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