{"id":5803,"date":"2022-12-21T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=5803"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T21:18:22","slug":"introducing-the-ewu-human-library-event","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/news\/introducing-the-ewu-human-library-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the EWU Human Library Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The EWU Libraries is teaming up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/diversityandinclusion\/\">EWU Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion<\/a> to conduct EWU\u2019s inaugural Human Library Event on the afternoon of April 19, 2023, as part of EWU\u2019s Diversity and Inclusion week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First developed in Denmark, <a href=\"https:\/\/humanlibrary.org\/\">Human Library\u00ae<\/a> events are designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge or address stereotypes, prejudices, stigma, or taboo topics through dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on library borrowing concepts, the event features \u2018Human Books,\u2019 Eastern Washington University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members who volunteer to share personal experiences and stories to break down barriers based on race, religion, sexual orientation, class, gender identity, lifestyle choices, disability or other aspects of life. \u2018Readers\u2019 are event attendees, who, in checking out the \u2018Books,\u2019 gain better understanding through conversation, in a safe and educational environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click the button below to learn more about this event, and ways you can participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EWU Libraries is teaming up with the EWU Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to conduct EWU\u2019s inaugural Human Library Event on the afternoon of April 19, 2023, as part of EWU\u2019s Diversity and Inclusion week.\u00a0 First developed in Denmark, Human Library\u00ae events are designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/news\/introducing-the-ewu-human-library-event\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":5808,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5803","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-past-events","stories_tags-human-library","stories_tags-social-impact"],"acf":{"subheading":"Coming April 19, 2023","featured_image_format":"cover","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":true,"featured_video":"","Links":[{"stories_ctas_link":{"title":"About the EWU Human Library","url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/human-library-ewu\/","target":""}}],"Resources":false,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/5803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/5803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5913,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/5803\/revisions\/5913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}