A Right to the City

                                                 
The Library is proud to partner with the Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum to bring their exhibition A Right to the City to neighborhood libraries. Starting in March 2019, special satellite exhibits will come to Anacostia, Mt. Pleasant,  Watha T. Daniel/Shaw and Woodridge Neighborhood Libraries exploring the history of neighborhood change in six D.C. neighborhoods. Stop by these libraries to learn more of this history and join us for a series of community events that will take you deeper into the content of these exhibits right in your neighborhood.

Upcoming Programs:

What Happened to Chocolate City? Anacostia Library May 20, 6:30 p.m.	Holding on to Reno: Community Resistance to Displacement in DC Shaw/Watha T. Daniel Library May 28, 6:30 p.m.	Pop-Up Memory Lab Woodridge Library June 15, 1 p.m.	Historical Walking Tour with Hola Cultura Mt. Pleasant Library June 22, 10:30 a.m.

History of Tenant Organizing Mt. Pleasant Library June 25, 6:30 p.m.	Barry Farm/Hillsdale Settlement Anacostia Library July 1, 6:30 p.m.	Author Talk with Dr. Ashante Reese: Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. Deanwood Library July 6, 2, p.m.	Ten Strong: Women of Barry Farm/Hillsdale Anacostia Library August 5, 6:30 p.m.

Artist Talk with Shani Shih Woodridge Library August 10, 11 a.m.

Brookland: Fight the Freeways Discussion with Jeremiah Montague Jr.  Woodridge Neighborhood LIbrary March 23, 2:00 p.m.	Black Literature Book Club - The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu Parklands-Turner Library March 26, 2 p.m.	Page Tuner Book Club - Mayor for Life by Marion Barry, Jr. and Omar Tyree Anacostia Library March 28, 7 p.m.	Film and Director Q & A with Dr. Sonya Grier - "Dog Parks and Coffee Shops - Diversity Seeking in Changing Neighborhoods." Mt. Pleasant Library March 30, 2 p.m.

Past programs: 

Author Talk with Peter Moskovitz "How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the City"  National Museum of African-American History and Culture April 7, 2 p.m.	Rhode Island Avenue Porchfest Woodridge Library Saturday, April 13 2 p.m.	Pre-K Story Time Anacostia Library April 24, 10:30 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Southwest DC Development St. Augustine's Church April 29, 7 p.m.

Coffee and Conversation: Discuss the Exhibit with Neighbors over Coffee Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library May 2, 10 a.m.	Family Mural Workshop with Luis Peralta del Valle Anacostia Libary May 4 and 18, 11:30 a.m. Registration Required	Mapping Segregation in DC Woodridge Library May 15, 6:30 p.m.	Tour de DCPL Various branches May 19, 1 p.m.