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What is a Community Read?
The Community Read is a book club for the entire community!
The Albemarle County Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, in partnership with other community organizations, chooses books, articles, and other readings that focus on telling a more comprehensive history of our community by highlighting the groups from within our population who have historically been left out of the main narrative we tell about this place.
What is the goal of the Community Read?
The goal of the Quarterly Community Read program is to invest in inclusive storytelling. Working with our community partners, we will choose books, reports, articles, and other readings that are representative of the diversity of our community. We hope these choices will “equip and inspire” our community, both adults and youth, to learn how to imagine more inclusive and equitable worlds.
Where can we find the Community Read materials?
Materials for the Community Read can be found through our County office buildings, the Yancey Community Center, as well as some of the Little Free Libraries in Albemarle County Parks.
- Charlotte Humphris Park --by the park kiosk
- Chris Greene Lake -- by the trailhead closest to the park entrance
- Mint Springs Park -- in the upper parking lot