March is Women's History Month and we are celebrating the vital role of women in history with our events, book and media collections, and more.

Do you want to lift up your girls and boys with a career day featuring successful female leaders from our community? Come to our Career Day: Women at Work event at Redwood Shores Branch Library on Sunday, March 10 at 2pm. We are thrilled to host a police officer, chef, NASA engineer and author in this show-and-tell for kids.

On March 30, join local artist Eric Kneeland of Black Stamp Studios for our Pathways to Equity Poster Printing Workshop. In honor of Women’s History Month we will create artwork celebrating dynamic women from Bay Area history. This workshop is part of a series of events to celebrate Redwood City's Racial Equity Mural "Visions of Equity."

More Women's History Month events:

• Book Club for Kids: THU FEB 29-MAR 28, we have a few spots left!
• Kid Makers: Painting Banquet: SAT MAR 2, a San Mateo County Youth Cultural Ambassadors Program
• RCPL Book Club: TUE MAR 26, reading Maria Hinojosa's Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in A Torn America
• Joyce McCulloch Quartet Concert: TUE MAR 26, 7pm

We are spotlighting some of our eResources, such as:

• Kanopy films for Women's History Month
• Libby eBooks and eAudiobooks
• Student research: Pick a database and try a search for say, Amanda Gorman, and download articles from newspapers, encyclopedias and more.
• Staff picks reading lists: Women Who Changed the World or Women's History for Kids

Join us on Monday, March 4 at 6:30pm for National Day of Reading Storytime: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth.

National Day of Reading takes place on March 5 and across the country, people, schools and organizations will be hosting readings with Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools program. We are happy to join the movement with our special storytime on March 4.

Interested in books that explore the beauty of being different? Try our National Day of Reading booklist

Want to learn even more? Community Equity Collaborative's Rainbow Kids increases awareness about topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGIE) in early childhood and works toward a more expansive world for all children. Rainbow Kids offers a free 90-minute Rainbow Kids online training in Spanish! Adapted for a diverse Latinx audience, it provides practical and age-appropriate information about how to engage and support young children.

Save the date: March 23 is the 12th annual OYE Latinx Youth Conference!

OYE brings together over 400 youth and parents each year to explore ideas on Latinx culture and identity, obstacles Latinx community members face, and opportunities for the future through interactive workshops, keynote speakers, performers and community networking.

To register and learn more, go here