Family Reads: Stamped
The North Olympic Library System will give a copy of Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds to 100 Clallam County families. Ask for a copy at curbside beginning Oct. 16. Read the book and join Library staff on Zoom for a series of half-hour discussions to keep the dialogue going. Discussions are scheduled for Nov. 16, 17, 19, 20 at 7 p.m. Register to receive the Zoom meeting information at www.nols.org.
Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas—and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.
Stamped is not a book of history, it’s about what’s happening now. In Jason Reynolds’s words, “Our present is a product of our history.” Read the book as a family, talk about it together and join the community conversations on Zoom. The publisher recommends this book for ages 12 and up. All ages are welcome to participate in the Family Reads program.
This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Library. For additional information on programs and services happening at your library, visit www.nols.org, email Discover@nols.org, or follow North Olympic Library System on Facebook and Instagram.
CAREER COACH HELPS STUDENTS
DEFINE INTERESTS, CONNECT
WITH EMPLOYERS, FIND WORK
Peninsula College is excited to announce a new resource designed to increase success for employers and those who are looking for work.
“Career Coach is an exciting addition to our Pirate Career Center,” Leigh Jewett, associate director of career services said. “It is an interactive online career exploration tool open to our students and the community and is available 24/7 right from the Peninsula College website.”
The program offers several key features to assist individuals in their career development:
• An Interest Assessment that matches results to career and education options
• Connects occupations to PC education programs and degree options, comprehensive labor market data, and live job postings
• Create a user profile to save occupational information and interests
Career Coach is available as a free resource to the entire community. Whether someone is an employer or looking to be employed, users can post a job, look for work, and view the schedule of Career Center events.
The Pirate Career Center was created to help current and prospective students get started with a dream career by providing career assessments, helping with transfer to a college/university, or support getting a job. Visitors can discover where their interests and skills lie, and connect with employers in the job market.
“If you’re an area employer, become a community Employer Partner by signing up in the Employer Portal to post your company’s employment opportunities,” Jewett said. “It’s a great way to reach the Peninsula College community and spread the word that you’re hiring.”
For more information about the Career Center, visit https://pencol.edu/services/career-center.
PC WELCOMES FILMMAKER OSAWA
FOR SCREENINGS OF FILM
“USUAL AND ACCUSTOMED PLACES”
Studium Generale, House of Learning, PC Longhouse, and Magic of Cinema are excited to welcome filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa and screen her film “Usual and Accustomed Places.”
The film is an account of Pacific Northwest tribes’ century-long struggle to uphold their fishing rights. It also focuses on the history of the Makah Nation.
The film was directed by Osawa, a local filmmaker who has spent her award-winning career giving voice to contemporary Native issues. A member of the Makah Indian Nation, Osawa was raised in both Neah Bay and Port Angeles, holds a BA from Portland’s Lewis and Clark College, and attended the UCLA graduate film program. Her films include “Lighting the 7th Fire” (1995), “Pepper’s Pow Wow” (1999), “On & Off the Res’ w/ Charlie Hill” (2000), “Maria Tallchief” (2007), and “Princess Angeline” (2011), plus over 60 works for museums and tribes.
Her work is studied in college classrooms across the country and most recently, the University of North Carolina purchased her entire collection, including her first UCLA student film.
Today, Osawa lives and works in Seattle where she is co-owner of Upstream Productions with her husband and longtime film partner, Yasu Osawa. The two are currently working to extend Usual and Accustomed Places through 1980.
Along with her career as a filmmaker, Osawa worked for her tribe creating and directing the first Indian Head Start Program in the state and developed early programs in carving, weaving, dancing, and language to help retain Makah culture. Elders taught in Head Start and the local school, where their traditional contributions had been non-existent.
Osawa recalls an elder who attended Neah Bay schools and later taught at The Evergreen State College, telling her that she may not have realized it, but her efforts in the school were “nothing short of revolutionary.”
The film will be screened on Friday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 26, at 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.; and Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. Please use this Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88181472072
To join for a screening and the discussion with Osawa, please use the following link on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 p.m.: https://zoom.us/j/95156136928.
These screenings and the discussion are free and open to the public.
