AUGUST

8 - Spanish Book Club 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Title TBD. 3185 Buchanan Street, 27127. Southside Library

8 - Free event, A discussion on the value of education and advocacy. Come early for food, community resources, and information about scholarships. Free book while supplies last! Register here. Forsyth Tech, Hispanic League, Bookmarks, Love Out Loud

13 - Things You Thought You Knew about Immigration - 4:00 pm, free. Hear from two immigration experts about this complicated topic and what we all might be getting wrong. Bookmarks

19 - Free screening of "Americanish" - 8:00 pm, free. Join RiverRun and Bookmarks for a free screening of a rom-com with a message! RiverRun is pleased to participate in Bookmarks’ Book With Purpose program with an encore screening of AMERICANISH with special guest Iman Zawahry at Marketplace Cinema on August 19 at 8:00 PM.  This entertaining film tells the story of two Pakistani women, career-focused sisters Maryam and Sam, and their fresh-to-the-US cousin Ameera as they navigate the ideas of preserving or abandoning tradition while seeking acceptance in society. Following the 90-minute film, director Iman Zawahry will join us for a discussion. The screening is free and you can reserve tickets below. Zawahry received RiverRun’s Spark Award in 2022!

25 - Voices of Change Book Club: Join librarians Jessie Clodfelter and Bianca Orellana at the Paddison Memorial Branc Library at 4 pm for a book club featuring diverse reads across a variety of topics. August's discussion will be on Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head. Paddison Memorial Branch Library 

PAST EVENT

JUNE

1 - Who is My Neighbor? Thinking Biblically about immigration. Join a discussion with author Matthew Soerens of World Relief, focused on exploring God's heart for immigrants and refugees. Free program, registration required. World Relief Triad

1 - Fireside: An informal conversation series. Conversation between artist and attendees with a poetry performance. Featuring Emilio Rojas a queer Latinx artist whose work is centered around xenophobic immigration legislation, identity politics, border politics, botanical colonialism, and the defacement of public monuments. SECCA

3 - A Manual to Be (to Kill) or To Forgive My Own Father: In this intimate experience, participants are invited to join artist Emilio Rojas as he deconstructs his father's popular novel, Pequeno Hombre. In a gesture of rejection and creation, Rojas and participants will cut text from the pages of his father's book and use the remnants to create new poems and passages in an attempt to rewrite the narrative. SECCA

5 - Book Discussion of Dear America: Join the monthly Bookmarks book club as we discuss the book. Bookmarks

10 - A Vague and Undetermined Place (a Gloria): In this engaging experience, Emilio Rojas invites participants one-on-one to draw the US-Mexico border on transparent paper from memory, which he then layers and projects on a light box to reveal its variations in the imagination. While the border has become an increasingly urgent topic for national immigration, ecological, and human rights legislation, people can rarely recall the shape of the border -- its curves, twists, and turns. It is as Gloria E. Anzaldua theorized, a "vague and undetermined place." In exchange for their drawings, Rojas will give each participant a paleta, or a Mexican popsicle, made from fruit that crosses this border, reminding us of the immense personal, political, and economic complexities embedded within borderlands. SECCA

23 - Voices of Change Book Club: Join librarians Jessie Clodfelter and Bianca Orellana at the Paddison Memorial Branc Library at 4 pm for a book club featuring diverse reads across a variety of topics. June's discussion will be on The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson. Paddison Memorial Branch Library 

24 - Pride Festival: Join Bookmarks and community partners at the annual Pride parade and festival on Trade Street. Storytimes and activities will be held throughout the day as we celebrate the beauty of our differences and the empowerment that comes with being yourself. Pride Winston-Salem, Bookmarks

24 - International Fest: details to come World Relief Triad

JULY

11 - Spanish Book Club discussing Dear America, 5:00 - 7:00 pm. 3185 Buchanan Street, 27127 Southside Library

JULY

28 - Voices of Change Book Club: Join librarians Jessie Clodfelter and Bianca Orellana at the Paddison Memorial Branc Library at 4 pm for a book club featuring diverse reads across a variety of topics. July's discussion will be on We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride. Paddison Memorial Branch Library