OCTOBER DATES

October 3rd
Cornel West
The Book Club of Bethany Baptist Church,with the support of Dr. Randal Pinkett and
Mayor Cory A. Booker,
hosts
Dr. Cornel West as he signs copies of his most recent book,BROTHER WEST: LIVING AND LOVING OUT LOUD, A MEMOIR.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
3:00 pm
Bethany Baptist Church
275 West Market Street
Newark, NJ 07103

Amiri Baraka/Randy Weston Duo
A Tribute to Amiri Baraka at the Jazz Vespers on Saturday, October 3rd at 6pm sharp:
Bethany Baptist Church
275 West Market Street
Newark, NJ 07103
(973)623-8161
http://www.bethany-newark.org/
Guest artist: Randy Weston Duo - (Jazz Saxophonist)

October 8th
James Harris
James Harris, first vice president of the state conferences of NAACP branches, will open New Jersey City University’s 2009-2010 African Heritage Colloquium Series on Thursday, October 8. Mr. Harris will speak on “40 Years of Justice: The NAACP, History, and Relevance for a New Generation,” 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., in Multipurpose Room A of the University’s Michael Gilligan Student Union, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City. Sponsored by NJCU’s Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center, the lecture is free and open to the community. For further information call the Center at (201)200-3524

Sharon Draper
Thursday Oct 8th 2009 Mancini Hall, 7pm Ocean County Library, Toms River Branch, 101 Washington Street, Toms River , NJ 08753Ocean County Library’s 40th Anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Celebration with author Sharon Draper

Sharon M. Draper is a professional educator as well as an accomplished writer. She has been honored as the National Teacher of the Year, is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author.

October 9th
Deadline for I Love My Librarian Award
STILL TIME FOR LIBRARY USERES TO NOMINATE LIBRARIANS FOR 2009 CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK/NEW YORK TIMES I LOVE MY LIBRARIAN AWARD

Nominations are still open for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.
The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations will run through October 9 and are being accepted online at http://www.blogger.com/www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Sunday, October 11th
National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. It is observed on October 11 every year by members of the LGBT communities and their supporters (often referred to as "allies").
http://www.hrc.org/issues/coming_out.asp
http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/educator/index.html


Monday, October 12th
Hector Cantu creator of Baldo
Award-winning journalist Hector Cantú, co-creator/writer of the nationally-syndicated newspaper comic strip, “Baldo,” will open New Jersey City University’s 2009-2010 University Lecture Series on Monday, October 12 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 202 of Hepburn Hall, on the University campus at 2039 Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City.