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SUMMARY:One Community Reads: Book Discussion & Creator Visit (LIVE)
LOCATION:Westlake Porter Public Library\nWestlake Porter Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:As a continued precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, 
 this book discussion will be held on Zoom. Digital copies of the book are 
 available on Hoopla. Registration required. Instructions below..\nhttps://
 westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/1986748
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>[This boo
 k club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 pm]</em></p>\n<p style
 ="text-align: left\;"><a href="https://discover.westlakelibrary.org/client
 /en_US/default/search/results?qu=TITLE=march+&amp\;qu=AUTHOR=Lewis+John+&a
 mp\;h=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://secure.syndetics
 .com/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp\;client=440-871-2600&amp\;upc=&amp\;oclc=&am
 p\;isbn=9781603093002/MC.GIF" alt="cover of March: Book One by John Lewis"
  style="float: right\; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px\;" width="108" height="16
 0" /></a>Join us in conversation with <strong>local comic book creator Abd
 ul Rashid </strong>as we discuss the graphic novel&nbsp\;<strong>March: Bo
 ok One&nbsp\;</strong>by John Lewis<strong>.&nbsp\;</strong><em></em></p>\
 n<p style="padding-left: 30px\; text-align: justify\;"><em>"Book One spans
  John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama\, his life-changing meeting with Marti
 n Luther King\, Jr.\, the birth of the Nashville Student Movement\, and th
 eir battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-i
 ns\, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years a
 go\, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958
  comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Now\, his own com
 ics bring those days to life for a new audience\, testifying to a movement
  whose echoes will be heard for generations."</em></p>\n<p style="text-ali
 gn: center\;"><em>---</em></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://westlakelibra
 ry.org/images/events/westlakelibrary/author-Rashid_400.jpg" alt="author Ab
 dul H. Rashid" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" title="au
 thor Abdul H. Rashid" width="197" height="200" />Abdul H. Rashid\, a nativ
 e of Flint\, MI\, is an illustrator\, creator\, and developer of intellect
 ual properties in the genres of superhero\, sci-fi\, action-adventure and 
 horror concepts.</strong> Having been a student of the Interlochen Arts Ca
 mp and thru self-taught regiment\, he has worked to develop an incorporati
 on of strong fine-arts skill set within his comic book visual story-tellin
 g. Also\, utilizing the BA and MBA educational insight gained from the Col
 lege of Wooster and University of Phoenix\, respectively\, to infuse stron
 g sociopolitical narrative into layered story-arc content.</p>\n<p>As CEO/
 Founder of <a href="http://www.ahrvisions.com">AHR Visions\, LLC</a>\, a t
 rans-media pop-culture studio\, he looks to inject a new catalog of fresh\
 , diverse and exciting titles that reflect the very colorful society we li
 ve in everyday. Using comics as the primary platform to tell an array of s
 tories\, Rashid and AHRV are targeting all areas of media stages to presen
 t to an ever expansive target audience with a catalog that spotlights dive
 rse characters and inclusive elements outside the industry's &ldquo\;tradi
 tional blueprint&rdquo\;\, while holding true to the integrity of the genr
 e.</p>\n<p>Rashid&rsquo\;s work has been featured in a number of independe
 nt works as well as MARVEL distributed series. He is currently collaborati
 ng with an assortment of other incredibly talented studios and artists in 
 New York\, California and other locations on original creator-owned proper
 ties. Rashid is based in NE Ohio and looks to add to a generating Mid-West
  entertainment hub.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>---</em><em><
 /em></p>\n<p><strong>In order to participate</strong>\,&nbsp\;please&nbsp\
 ;<strong>REGISTER</strong>&nbsp\;to get an invitation to the online book d
 iscussion on Zoom. You can join using a Desktop\, Laptop\, Mobile Phone\, 
 Tablet\, or Chromebook.&nbsp\;While it is not necessary to sign up for a f
 ree Zoom account\, for best results we recommend&nbsp\;<strong>DOWNLOADING
 </strong>&nbsp\;<a href="https://zoom.us/download">Zoom Meeting Room Clien
 t</a>&nbsp\;(for desktops and laptops) or the Zoom Cloud Meetings App (fro
 m your phone or tablet app store) before our discussion. Downloading shoul
 d take a few minutes. Participants without a computer\, tablet or smartpho
 ne can join the discussion using a traditional phone.</p>\n<p><strong>For 
 those who are unable to get a physical copy of the book</strong>\, please 
 visit&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/">Hoopla Digital</a>&nb
 sp\;to sign up for an account using your WPPL library card. This will allo
 w you to borrow and download&nbsp\;<em>March: Book One</em> by John Lewis.
 </p>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions\, please email</strong>: france
 s.brawner@westlakelibrary.org</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong>This event is part o
 f the One Community Reads: Racial Equity in America program</strong>. Your
  nine local library systems invite you to participate in Northeast Ohio&rs
 quo\;s largest book club\, One Community Reads: Racial Equity in America\,
  throughout August&mdash\;December 2020. The program will allow readers to
  learn about and reflect on race\, history\, and a more just future locall
 y and nationally. Please learn more and get involved at <a href="http://on
 ecommunityreads.org/">onecommunityreads.org</a>.<strong></strong></p>\nhtt
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