The Lyme Public Library's Racial Equity Book Club will be focusing each month on a book about race relations in the United States. The book group will be meeting via Zoom where we will meet to discuss the book and participate in a fair and open discussion of the subject of race relations.  This is a Zoom presentation.

To register for this event and receive the Zoom meeting invitation click here.

This meeting will include a special presentation with Dr. Wendy Hurwitz on Exploring Nonviolence: Approaches to Conflict and Conflict Resolution

When conflict arises,what are our options for approaches, and what are the approaches of highest good for conflict resolution? Come and learn options and approaches to resolving conflict when it occurs.

About Dr. Wendy Hurwitz:

A graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Wendy Hurwitz is a nationally recognized expert on stress. A former medical researcher for ABC News, Dr. Hurwitz is an expert in two fields: Mind/Body Medicine and Energy Medicine. She has a forthcoming book. Dr. Hurwitz helps organizations and individuals achieve peak performance by enhancing vitality and wellness. She translates the latest and most sophisticated scientific research into practical, easy-to-use techniques people can use to maintain and enhance vitality even under the most trying circumstances.Dr. Hurwitz has received training from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, and has provided training for AT&T, Unilever, Lowe Worldwide, the FDNY, and has been an invited guest speaker at the United Nations.

Book of the month: "Non-Violent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg

This program is a co-operative effort between the Lyme Public Library of CT and the Bigelow and Springfield Libraries of MA

This special event is made possible by a grant from: