I stumbled on a post on Facebook about Human Library. I should have been writing, but the post was intriguing, so I couldn't resist digging deeper.
In a Human Library, you borrow a person instead of a book to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The tag line is "Unjudge Someone". The goal is to fight prejudice and to remind people not to judge a book, any book, by its cover.
Each human book has a title: "Unemployed", "Cancer Survivor", "Autism", "Wheelchair User", "Refugee"...
Human books interacts with their readers in a safe place where difficult questions can be asked and honest answers can be given. All human books are volunteers who personally experienced their topics.
The first Human Library event took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2000. Today, human books are available in more than 80 countries, including Canada, USA, Australia, and most European countries.
For more info, visit humanlibrary.org
Happy Reading & Stay safe!
JS
Interesting but a bit strange
ReplyDeleteHeard about this on the web. Weird. Not sure this is the best way, but some people might enjoy the experience.
ReplyDeleteWow! Never heard of this but how extraordinary. Thanks for sharing.
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