Brooks Library Events

Here are listings and some recordings of events sponsored by Brooks Library at Central Washington University.

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Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: March 2021

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Killing with Prejudice: Institutionalized Racism in American Capital Punishment by RJ Maratea.
Collections Chat: Focus on Asian Studies with Professor Chong Eun Ahn

Chong Eun Ahn

A virtual collections discussion by Professor CHong Eun Ahn about using historical newpaper databases from Brooks Library at Central Washington University for history research.
Humanities WA: Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the principal's office?

Central Washington University and Daudi Abe

Poster for a presentation by Dr. Daudi Abe.
Author Talk: Daniel Herman Discusses His Novel, The Feudist

Central Washington University and Daniel J. Herman

Poster for an event where CWU History professor Daniel Herman discusses his historical novel "The Feudist"
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: February 2021

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Policing Black Bodies: How Black lives are surveilled and how to work for change by Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith.
Cultural Coversations January 2021

Central Washington University and Mukobe Lukwesa

Cultural storytelling event sponsored by Ellensburg Public Library, Brooks Library, and Office of Interational Studies and Programs. Held in the Hal Holmes Community Center. The speaker for this event is Mukobe Lukwesa
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: January 2021

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt.
The Future of Protest: Us, Them, & Political Life

Central Washington University and Cynthia Coe

Poster for an event discussing the powers and limits of political protests.
CWU Veterans Book Club

Central Washington University

Poster for a Veterans book club held during winter quarter 2021 discussing the book You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For by Kyle Carpenter.
Finals Week Events Winter 2021

Central Washington University

Poster advertising the events held by the library for finals week, including Wellness Kits, music playlists, and pizza.
Research Smartz Series Winter 2021

Central Washington University

Poster for various events held in Winter 2021 as part of the Research Smartz series, including misinformation, Google and Google Scholar, Citation Managers, and Primary Sources.
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: December 2020

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America by George Yancy.
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: November 2020

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy by William Julius Wilson.
Killing Marias: A Poem for Multiple Voices

Central Washington University

Poster for a video presentation by CWU students, staff, and faculty reading from Claudia Castro Luna's Killing Marias: A Poem for Multiple Voices.
Civil Conversations: How to Talk Politics Constructively

Central Washington University, Edgar Espino, Abby Chien, and Christine Henderson

This open forum will give strategies and methods for having healthy discussions with those who hold opposing political viewpoints.
Social Media, Propaganda, & Public Opinion

Central Washington University and David Schwan

Poster for a Virtual Webinar that explores the harms of disinformation and discusses manipulative algorithms, fake news, dehumanizing language in the media, and how to combat these harms.
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: October 2020

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is American Apartheid by Douglas S. Massey & Nancy A. Denton
Introduction to Digital Scholarship

Central Washington University

Learn about tools for creating digital scholarship. This session is a brief introduction to digital scholarship showcasing the tools and resources availble thorugh CWU libraries. Text mining and visualization tools will be featured.
Book Discussion of I Wish You All the Best

Central Washington University

Virtual book discussion of I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver.
Cultural Conversations October 2020

Central Washington University and Ana Tonseth

Cultural storytelling event sponsored by Ellensburg Public Library, Brooks Library, and Office of Interational Studies and Programs. Held in the Hal Holmes Community Center. The speaker for this event is Ana Tonseth.
Racial Justice in the Time of Pandemic

Central Washington University, Cynthia Coe, Shawnté Elbert, Carylin M. Holsey, Marwa Ghazali, and David Schwan

Poster for NEH sponsored event with panelists speaking about the historical and contemporary dimensions of racial inequities in medicine and how to overcome those inequities.
Virtual Ellensburg Archives & Museums Crawl and Panel

Central Washington University

Visit the archives and history museums of Ellensburg at a virtual tour and panel! The panel will consist of archivists and museum curators and directors as they share about their repositories and collections and how they are providing services during COVID-19.

Virtual tours of the repositories are available to watch here.
Finals Week Events Fall 2020

Central Washington University

Poster advertising the events held by the library for finals week, including COVID Time Capsule, Pizza, and Vision boarding.
Welcome Back Fall 2020

Central Washington University

Poster advertising CWU Brooks Library reference and research services during the Fall 2020 quarter.
Racism and Criminal Justice Book Discussion: September 2020

Central Washington University and Roger Schaefer

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Reading Urban Uprising by R. Gooding-Williams