Join us for the following programs:
Thursday, February 4
Free Film Night at the Central Library
7-9pm
42 -- History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
Closed Captioned
Rated PG
To register for this program, please complete our online registration form, call or visit any library location, or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca..
Thursday, February 11
Free Film Night at the Brooklin Branch
6:30-8:30pm
Selma -- A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. ~IMDb.com
Closed Captioned
For Adults (18+)
To register for this program, please complete our online registration form, call or visit any library location, or email askbrooklin@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Wednesday, February 24
Free Film Night at the Brooklin Branch
6:30-8:00pm
Freedom -- Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A Secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guides the family on their journey north to Canada. ~IMDb.com
Closed Captioned
This film is unrated by the Ontario Film Review Board.
To register for this program, please complete our online registration form, call or visit any library location, or email askbrooklin@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Sunday, February 28
Panel Discussion at the Central Library: Speak Up! Speak Out! Our Voices Matter!
1:30-3:30pm
We are proudly hosting a special panel discussion empowering youth to stay in school – it is cool to be smart. This program is presented by the Congress of Black Women of Canada (CBWC), Oshawa/Whitby Chapter and Ajax/Pickering Chapter, Durham Welcome Centre and Immigrant Services, Cultural Expressions Art Gallery Inc., and the Whitby Public Library.
Open to those 16 years and older.
To register for this program, please complete our online registration form, call or visit any library location, or email askreference@whitbylibrary.on.ca.
Other programs happening in Durham this month:
CBWC partnered programs in Durham.