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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 15, 2005
SUBJECT: Presentation by Alameda County Library
Report by Diane Lowart, Parkl' & Community Services Director
ATTACHMENTS: Resident Questiolmaire
RECOMMENDATION: Q1.;~eive Presentation
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: Dublin Library Branch Manager Lee Jouthas has prepared a
presentation highlighting a community partnership with the City of Dublin to showcase the California
Stories Uncovered program.
The California Council for the Humanities is sponsoring Ca1ifiJrnia Stories Uncovered, a statewide
campaign that will ask people across the State to tell and listen to stories thM reveal the truth heneath the
headlines, statistics and stereotypes about the State and its people. California Stories is a multiyear
initiative designed to strengthen communities and connect Californians by uncovering personal and
community stories that, once gathered and woven together, tell the story of today's California. The
program coincides with the publication of a book Ca1ifiJrnia Uncovered: Stories jÓr the 21st Century.
The book is edited by Chitra Divakanmi and features essays and memoirs from well known California
writers such as John Steinheek, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto and Khaled Hosseini, among others.
Elizabeth Isles, Dublin Heritage Center Director, has been working collaboratively with Lee Jomhas to
produce a variety of activities that will stir and engage the community. This project will create
opportunities for all of the City's diverse population to share a common literary experience hy
reading selected essays from the book, participating in a hook discussion group at the Library and
attending programs at the Library centered on this theme. In addition, the Duhlin Library and the Dublin
Heritage Center are working together to offer residents an opportunity to share their stories, cultural
heritage, and thoughts on Dublin which will be compiled to create Dublin's own anthology and "snap
shot" of the community. The resident questionnaire is attached.
Activities programmed at the Library for CalifÓrnia Stories Uncovered will run through the month of
April 2005.
RECOMMENDATION
StatIrecommends the City Council receive the presentation.
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