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Note: All participants are welcome. If you need disability-related accommodations related to the Human Library sign up, please call 479-575-6665 or email csmith@uark.edu with the accommodation that you need assistance with.
Please read through the following list of Human Books and select one or two to "read". Each reading session is a small group of 1-3 people where the Human Book tells their story over a 45 minute session. The listener, you, will have time to also ask questions. Each session meets in Holcombe Hall Living Room. Please arrive a few minutes before your stated session. Make sure that if you sign up, you show up, unless you are sick. If you must cancel, please do 72 hours before.
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Shifts (25)
Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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FInding Light in a Dumpster | 11:00am (CT) | 11:45am (CT) | I'm a non-binary lesbian, and a Safe Zone instructor. I'm open to discussing LGBTQIA+ topics. | 1/3 | Over |
NYSC experience: A mandatory para-military post graduation exercise in Nigeria | 11:00am (CT) | 11:45am (CT) | All Nigerian college graduates are required to do a year of service immediately after they graduate. They cannot do this in their own state but are assigned to another state in the country. This program is through the NYSC program - National Youth Service Corps. It was began to help... | 2/3 | Over |
How is it to Witness a Historic Event? | 12:00pm (CT) | 12:45pm (CT) | Ukranian student shares her experience of the war. | 3/3 | Over |
How it is to Witness a Historic Event | 1:00pm (CT) | 1:45pm (CT) | Ukranian student tells her experience of the war. | 3/3 | Over |
Chasing Footsteps | 2:00pm (CT) | 2:45pm (CT) | What is it like to be the oldest child in the family while studying on campus? What is it like to be an introvert in a extroverted environment? How to find your friend group. | 1/3 | Over |
In Spite of the Expectation | 2:00pm (CT) | 2:45pm (CT) | Canadian and queer/LGBTQIA+ culture | 2/3 | Over |
In Spite of the Expectation | 2:00pm (CT) | 2:45pm (CT) | In Spite of the Expectation | 0/3 | Over |
Learn all you can. Share all you know. | 2:00pm (CT) | 2:45pm (CT) | My book is like an advice column. I've been blessed with many tremendous experiences. I'm a life long learner and want to share what I've done right as well as my mistakes and what they've taught me. I want to get to know my reader so that I can make... | 2/3 | Over |
Young and Transgender in Arkansas | 2:00pm (CT) | 2:45pm (CT) | I am a nineteen year old transgender man and I have watched the rise of anti-trans legislation in Arkansas take away my rights and the rights of those younger than me. I would like to share with you my experiences as a transgender person and answer any questions you may... | 1/3 | Over |
Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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"Finding Light in the Dumpster Fire" | 4:00pm (CT) | 4:45pm (CT) | I'm a non-binary lesbian, and a Safe Zone instructor. I'm open to discussing LGBTQIA+ topics. | 0/3 | Over |
A journey of a girl with four personalities | 4:00pm (CT) | 4:45pm (CT) | This is a story of a person who grew up with two cultures at the same time: Chinese and Panamanian. And because of having multilingual abilities, she has developed different personalities. | 2/3 | Over |
Please Don't Weaponize Me: A Drag Queen's Story Time | 4:00pm (CT) | 4:45pm (CT) | In the midst of widespread drag ban policies taking affect across the nation, a local drag queen discusses what it actually means to do drag. To someone outside of the community, drag may be confusing in its purpose, causing some to project their own beliefs and narratives onto the art... | 0/3 | Over |
Finding Light in a Dumpster Fire | 5:00pm (CT) | 5:45pm (CT) | I'm a non-binary lesbian, and a Safe Zone instructor. I'm open to discussing LGBTQIA+ topics. | 1/3 | Over |
Please Don't Weaponize Me: A Drag Queen's Story Time | 5:00pm (CT) | 5:45pm (CT) | In the midst of widespread drag ban policies taking affect across the nation, a local drag queen discusses what it actually means to do drag. To someone outside of the community, drag may be confusing in its purpose, causing some to project their own beliefs and narratives onto the art... | 1/3 | Over |
Young and Transgender in Arkansas | 5:00pm (CT) | 5:45pm (CT) | I am a nineteen year old transgender man and I have watched the rise of anti-trans legislation in Arkansas take away my rights and the rights of those younger than me. I would like to share with you my experiences as a transgender person and answer any questions you may... | 1/3 | Over |
Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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Chasing Footsteps | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | What is it like to be the oldest child in the family while studying on campus? What is it like to be an introvert in a extroverted environment? How to find your friend group. | 0/3 | Over |
Finding Light in a Dumpster Fire | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | I'm a non-binary lesbian, and a Safe Zone instructor. I'm open to discussing LGBTQIA+ topics. | 1/3 | Over |
Learn all you can. Share all you know. | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | My book is like an advice column. I've been blessed with many tremendous experiences. I'm a life long learner and want to share what I've done right as well as my mistakes and what they've taught me. I want to get to know my reader so that I can make... | 3/3 | Over |
Parrishian Dreams, A Lost Afternoon | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | When I was 14 years old, one day I saw a painting by Maxfield Parrish, it had a melody in it, a golden hue! That painting was like an afternoon with red and golden glows of a sky-full clouds from the setting sun! Coincidentally, that was an afternoon when I... | 0/3 | Over |
The Turning Point (A Story About Yi) | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | There are three turning points in my life. They help me shape my personality, establish my outlook on life, values, and the world." Thank you so much! | 1/3 | Over |
Young and Transgender in Arkansas | 3:00pm (CT) | 3:45pm (CT) | I am a nineteen year old transgender man and I have watched the rise of anti-trans legislation in Arkansas take away my rights and the rights of those younger than me. I would like to share with you my experiences as a transgender person and answer any questions you may... | 1/3 | Over |
Parrishian Dreams, A Lost Afternoon | 4:00pm (CT) | 4:45pm (CT) | When I was 14 years old, one day I saw a painting by Maxfield Parrish, it had a melody in it, a golden hue! That painting was like an afternoon with red and golden glows of a sky-full clouds from the setting sun! Coincidentally, that was an afternoon when I... | 0/3 | Over |
Young and Transgender in Arkansas | 4:00pm (CT) | 4:45pm (CT) | I am a nineteen year old transgender man and I have watched the rise of anti-trans legislation in Arkansas take away my rights and the rights of those younger than me. I would like to share with you my experiences as a transgender person and answer any questions you may... | 1/3 | Over |
Please Don't Weaponize Me: A Drag Queen's Story Time | 5:00pm (CT) | 5:45pm (CT) | In the midst of widespread drag ban policies taking affect across the nation, a local drag queen discusses what it actually means to do drag. To someone outside of the community, drag may be confusing in its purpose, causing some to project their own beliefs and narratives onto the art... | 2/3 | Over |
Please Don't Weaponize Me: A Drag Queen's Story Time | 6:00pm (CT) | 6:45pm (CT) | In the midst of widespread drag ban policies taking affect across the nation, a local drag queen discusses what it actually means to do drag. To someone outside of the community, drag may be confusing in its purpose, causing some to project their own beliefs and narratives onto the art... | 0/3 | Over |
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