<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Hello Oregon library folk,<br><br></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">I have an avid library patron, Chase (10 years old), who is committed to social action. Last year she wrote a book, <a href="http://www.portlandcm.org/node/859"><i>"Children Should be Seen and Heard."</i></a> This year, she's started a movement to help make the world a better place by celebrating diversity: <b><a href="http://www.10khands.com/">10,000 Hands.</a></b> When Chase and her mom, Langley, shared the idea with me, I loved it and decided to help spread the word. <br><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">The project is simple. Chase is trying to collect 10, 000 traced & decorated hand-prints for an exhibition of diversity at the Portland Children's Museum. It's all spelled out on the website, but here's the short course:<br><br></font></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">"1. Trace or draw your hand. [Chase would like mostly children's hands, but agrees that any hand is good --more diversity! And hands can come from anywhere.]<br></font></span></div><div class="gmail-paragraph" style="text-align:left;margin-left:40px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br>2. Decorate it. (You can draw it, or collage it, or paint it.)<br><br>3. Once
you have decorated it, please write a quality of the heart (love, hope,
equity, etc.) across the palm of the hand. Please don't use bad words."</font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Check the <a href="http://www.10khands.com/#submit">website</a> for how to upload it or send in a picture. <br><br>This would make a great interactive program at libraries and schools. I plan to create a storytime and do it as the craft activity. I'm also going to set up a display, put out art supplies and instructions in the children's area, and collect the finished hands. Then we'll send them to the Portland Children's Museum as instructed by the website.<br><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">I hope you'll join me in spreading the word and helping Chase reach her goal of 10,000 hands.<br><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Susan<br><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">PS. if you're wondering "Why 10,000 hands?", here's what Chase has to say:<br></font></span></div><div><h2 class="gmail-wsite-content-title" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><strong></strong></font></span></h2><div style="margin-left:40px">
<i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>I want to bring people together and celebrate our differences through a collection of hands drawn by children.</span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span><span>10,000
hands will bring people together. All races, all colors, and all
different hands. Some people think that people with different beliefs
don't belong in America. </span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>Some
think that people with different beliefs should be separate. But
separate is never equal. Being separate never improves anything. It
doesn't help. If anything, it makes it worse. Because if people can't
work together, then they can't solve problems. </span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>No one deserves to be (or even feel) alone. </span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>If
you want people to be together, you need to do something, or at least
be a part of something. You can become a part of 10,000 hands, and we
believe your voice is important too, just like everyone else's. You know
that, I know that. But some people don't. </span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>By
submitting a hand, you help us show that everyone's voice matters.
Every single, unique and different hand matters. Like a community.
Everyone plays a role. So thank you for listening. </span></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span>Thank you.</span></font></span></i></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br><br></font></span><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Susan Smallsreed,</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b> Youth Librarian </b></span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Northwest Library<br></span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Multnomah County Library</span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">503.988.9448</span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></span></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org" target="_blank">www.multcolib.org</a></span><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Preferred Pronouns: "she" and "her"<br></span><br><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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