West Las Vegas图书馆与 NAACP 合办公民工作坊：15,000美元拨款支持免费课程
位于内华达州克拉克县拉斯维加斯的 West Las Vegas 图书馆与全美有色人种协进会（NAACP）拉斯维加斯分会合办的公民工作坊受到关注：图书馆区11月12日在新闻室收录的报道显示，这套名为 Civic Makers Lab（公民制造者实验室）的免费课程，由城市图书馆理事会（Urban Libraries Council）15,000美元拨款资助。
城市图书馆理事会此前宣布，拉斯维加斯-克拉克县图书馆区是该项目10家受助图书馆之一，每家获15,000美元。项目旨在培训图书馆员担任公民学习引导者，并帮助18至24岁的青年成为社区的积极参与者。
课程围绕政府如何运作、居民如何直接影响本地议题展开。课堂上，学员把可负担住房、心理健康、交通、教育、食品保障与行政许可等关切写在便利贴上集中讨论，再学习判断不同议题应向哪一级政府反映、如何组织行动。
NAACP 拉斯维加斯分会主席 Quentin Savwoir 表示，图书馆不再只是放书的建筑，而是人们可以来提升自己的机构，无论来自什么背景，都能在这里找到适合自己的东西。据报道，该系列后续还有以社区组织与竞选规划为主题的课程，安排在1月与2月。工作坊举办地 West Las Vegas 图书馆位于 1861 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.。
（来源：拉斯维加斯-克拉克县图书馆区）
West Las Vegas Library Teams With NAACP for Civics Workshops Backed by a $15,000 Grant
The West Las Vegas Library in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, has teamed up with the Las Vegas branch of the NAACP to run a series of civics workshops, according to coverage featured in the Library District's newsroom on November 12: the Civic Makers Lab series is a free course funded through a $15,000 grant from the Urban Libraries Council.
The Urban Libraries Council previously announced the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District as one of 10 recipients of its Civic Makers Lab for Adults grant, with each library receiving $15,000. The initiative equips librarians to serve as civic learning facilitators and empowers young adults ages 18 to 24 to be active contributors to their communities.
The workshops teach participants how government works and how to directly shape local issues. In class, participants post concerns such as affordable housing, mental health, transportation, education, food insecurity and permitting on sticky notes for group discussion, and learn which level of government to approach and how to organize for change.
"Libraries aren't just buildings with books in them anymore. They are institutions where people can come and level themselves up," said NAACP Las Vegas Branch President Quentin Savwoir. Sessions on organizing and campaign planning are reported to be set for January and February. The West Las Vegas Library is located at 1861 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
(Source: Las Vegas-Clark County Library District)
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