3/11/15
Casa Latina
Sarah White

Reflections on class:

I was reminded that the women at Casa Latina are a community that wants to get together, hear about each other's lives, visit, and take ownership of the classes and their success.

It made me wonder about the nature of programming in public libraries, which can be "one shot" lectures. I wondered if it doesn't make more sense for ongoing classes (even if they aren't always 100% focused) because so much of learning is about relationships. In an age where discrete facts are easy to get at, and you can learn how to do anything by googling it, classes become about creating relationships that sustain a person's motivation towards personal inquiry.

It also reminded me to build into lessons at Casa time for collaborative work.

Reflections on the project:

Looking forward to meeting with the public librarians and planning the schedule for April. I'm hoping we can make Douglass Truth welcoming!