This October, Queens Public Library is teaming up with Local Voices Network (LVN) to offer you the chance to be heard in advance of the 2020 election. The Queens Memory Project is partnering with the Local Voices Network (LVN) to record neighborhood conversations on important local topics. You can participate whether or not you'll be voting. We have opportunities for teens, young professionals, and Spanish speakers. LVN NYC collaborates with organizations throughout New York City to record meaningful conversations with under-heard communities. They've co-hosted dialogues on public health, employment, and community gardening (to name just a few examples).
Here’s how it works:
Step one: You’ll join a small group recorded conversation, facilitated by QPL staff. You’ll share real concerns, stories, and ideas connected to your experience living in NYC.
Step two: Our recorded conversation will then be transcribed, keyworded, and posted on a website to be shared with media outlets, local decision-makers, and other neighborhood stakeholders with the goal of offering a new window into issues that are important to our community.
Together, we’ll create a platform where everyone is invited to be heard.
Election 2020: A Community Conversation for Teens
Whether you will be voting in this year’s election or not, you can engage in public conversation about civic engagement and the issues you believe most important to your community. As critical decisions are being made about resources, health care, and public safety, it is more important than ever for journalists and policymakers hear personal stories from our lived experiences. Let’s build connections to improve our communities and understanding of one another, while keeping physical distance to protect public health.
We all have a voice.
Please note that if you are between the ages of 14 and 18, you must have your guardian’s consent to participate in this program. Children aged 13 or younger may not participate in this program.
Register here with our partner organization: Tuesday, October 20, 4pm
Election 2020: A QPL @ Night Community Conversation
Before you vote in this year’s elections, you are invited to participate in public conversation about civic engagement and the issues you believe most important to your community. As critical decisions are being made about resources, health care, and public safety, it is more important than ever for media, elected officials, and other decision-makers to hear personal stories from our lived experiences.
Register here for Wednesday, October 14, 7pm
Register here for Wednesday, October 21, 7pm
Election 2020: Community Conversation (in Spanish) / Elecciones 2020: Una conversación con la comunidad
We all have a voice. Whether you will be voting in this year’s election or not, you can engage in public conversation about civic engagement and the issues you believe are most important to your community. You'll join a small group recorded conversation, facilitated by QPL staff. You will register with our partner, Local Voices Network.
Si usted piensa votar en estas elecciones o no piensa hacerlo, usted puede participar en conversaciones públicas acerca de la participación cívica y otros temas que usted cree que son importantes en su comunidad. Decisiones criticas van a ser tomadas sobre recursos, cuidado de salud y seguridad pública. Esto es mas importante que nunca para periodistas y políticos poder escuchar estas historias personales de nuestras experiencias. Vamos a construir conexiones para mejorar nuestras comunidades y entendernos los unos a los otros mientras mantenemos distanciamiento social y física para proteger la salud publica.
¿Esta buscando usted una empresa y conexiones que van mas allá de Twitter -o -historias de Instagram? ¿Quiere compartir sus esperanzas, preocupaciones y reflexiones con otros? ¡Únase a Si usted piensa votar en estas elecciones o no piensa hacerlo, usted puede participar en conversaciones públicas acerca de la participación cívica y otros temas que usted cree que son importantes en su comunidad. Decisiones criticas van a ser tomadas sobre recursos, cuidado de salud y seguridad pública. Esto es mas importante que nunca para periodistas y políticos poder escuchar estas historias personales de nuestras experiencias. Vamos a construir conexiones para mejorar nuestras comunidades y entendernos los unos a los otros mientras mantenemos distanciamiento social y física para proteger la salud publica.
Así es como trabaja:
Primer paso: Usted se juntara con un grupo de conversación grabada, facilitada por los empleados de la Biblioteca de Queens. Usted compartirá sus preocupaciones, historias –e- ideas conectadas a sus experiencias de su vida en New York.
Segundo paso: Nuestras conversaciones grabadas van ser transcritas, palabras claves, y publicadas en un sitio web que va ser compartido con los medios de comunicación, políticos locales, y otros representantes de los vecindarios con el propósito de ofrecer nuevas soluciones hacia problemas que son importantes en nuestra comunidad.
Thursday, October 22/ jueves, 22 de octubre, 6pm: Registrarse aqui.
Thursday, October 29/jueves, 29 de octubre, 6pm: Registrarse aqui.
