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Download a printable list of participating businesses.

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On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

This is a law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and broke down barriers to inclusion in society. 

In 2015, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared July Disability Pride Month in celebration of the ADA’s 25th anniversary. 

Today, this Disability Pride Month is many things.

It is a chance to learn about and celebrate those of us with disabilities and bring about awareness to ongoing ableism and discrimination against disabled peers.

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June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and we felt it fitting to cover what pride is, as well as a brief history of the event.

And a LOT of book recommendations! (see below)

Originally, LGBTQ+ Pride events took place on June 28th to commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, which began on June 28th after the Stonewall Inn was raided by law enforcement and lasted until July 2nd.

Since then, Pride has expanded significantly.

The month of June was declared Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 2000 by President Bill Clinton.

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To gain a better understanding of what led to this conflict and what is currently happening we have compiled a list of books and other resources the library has to offer. 

People still in Sudan and Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries are in dire need of medical supplies and other assistance. 

At the end of the resource list are suggestions for ways to help the humanitarian effort to bring aid to the innocent civilians. 

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If you love audiobooks or even if you are just discovering them, the SYNC audiobook program provides interesting titles with professional narration.

This program is targeted toward teens, but anyone over 13 years old can access. 

Each week the SYNC program provides two thematically paired audiobooks for checkout and use with the Sora app. Sora is the student reading app from Overdrive. 

Once the titles have been downloaded to your shelf in Sora, you can listen to them again and again.

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