2012 Current Events
May 20, 2012 – ADL’S WALK AGAINST HATE
Imagine WALKing along Martin Luther King Drive with your friends, family, and neighbors with one common goal: WALKing Against Hate.
Join ADL for our second 5K WALK Against Hate on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Take part in a one of a kind initiative in which people from various backgrounds are united to stand together to embrace diversity!
This is an opportunity for both youth and adults to make strides against bigotry and hatred in their communities.
The WALK is kid-friendly and will feature activities to keep everyone entertained!
The registration fee for the WALK is $10 for adults and $5 for youths.
Funds raised through the WALK Against Hate will be used to support ADL’s mission and the research and development of programming such as No Place For Hate®, the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, and the Bearing Witness™ Program.
May 24, 2012 – Stonewall Uprising
FREE ADMISSION
Stonewall Uprising
7:00 P.M.
LANSDOWNE PUBLIC LIBRARY
55 S. LANSDOWNE AVE.
Told by those who took part – from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists and a former mayor of New York – and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, Stonewall Uprising revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout America. Hunted and often entrapped by undercover police in their hometowns, gays from around the U.S. began fleeing to New York in search of a sanctuary. Hounded there still by an aggressive police force, they found a semblance of normalcy in a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn. When police raided Stonewall on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they hadn’t done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.
Discussion will follow the film. Free popcorn provided. Bring your own beverage.
2012 Fundraiser: Book-a-Year-Forever
The Friends of the Lansdowne Public Library have a program called Book-a-Year-Forever. For a $500.00 donation, the Library will purchase a book in honor of whomever (NPFH) in any category selected. There is no shortage of titles to choose from, as evidenced by the ADL suggested reading list.
