Kiera Parrott, Director of the Darien Library will join us to talk about Darien’s policy for adding and removing books and other materials to the collection, also known as a “Collection Development Policy.”
We are postponing to the fall revisiting our discussion on alternative points of view on Global warming, Some told us we missed points of view. When we return in the fall John Wolcott will give an alternative point of view for us to discuss.
Then, if we have time, we are going to wrap up the year by discussing what the headlines are on May 12th. What’s on your mind? What is being discussed around the dinner table or golf course or wandering or hikes or bridge table, bowling alley, or the Pickleball court?
Some subjects have been suggested below.
Book Banning
These are books school systems don’t want you to read and why
Public Libraries Face Escalating Book Challenges
Book Ban Efforts Expand Across the United States
Banned Books Display in Maryland disturbs parents
In Some States “Don’t Say Gay Bills Have Been Around for a While
“Unparalleled in intensity-1,500 book bans in US School
Global Warming
Unsettled? What Climate Science Tells Us, What it doesn’t.
Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts
Psychological Strategies for the Long Haul of Climate Action I Opinion Newsweek
With what we know when we meet, what is your view of Darien”s purchase of Great Island?