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Complete our SVR Kindness Bingo Challenge throughout the month and receive a participation prize. Pick up kindness bingo sheets from Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos and Woodland Libraries during the months of February and March.
What does belonging feel like? Patrons of all ages are encouraged to participate in this traveling exhibit by contributing a photo of themselves that will be printed out at the Bookmobile and added to the display. Patrons can also write on a paper umbrella about what belonging means to them. The ...
Children can come to the Vineland Branch Library to pick up the supplies to make a kindness activity. You will be able to make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
Join Santa Clara City Library's youth librarians for Virtual Storytime every Tuesday morning! Let's talk about determination and resiliency during this storytime. We'll have a blast singing, rhyming, reading, and learning together. This program is recommended for children ages 2-5.
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. See how you can and make a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around them. Craft activity included. This program ties in kindness in general and the book SHINE! By Chris and J.J. Grabenstein...
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03/01/2022
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03/13/2022
Drop-in Zine Making Come hang out in Teen Central at the Santa Clara City Library and make zines about what kindness, resilience and hope means to you. Supplies, examples and directions will be set up on the tables in the teen area at Central Park Library any time during open hours March 1-13. Zines are small batch DI...
Hanbok is a traditional style of dress that comes in different colors and fabrics. We will provide a little bit of history and then do a collage to design your own hanbok. An outline can be printed on paper. Using a mix of watercolors and scraps of hanbok fabric, kids can make their own designs. ...
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03/01/2022
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03/31/2022
Silicon Valley Reads Kindness Quilt Help us create a kindness quilt for the wall at our Morgan Hill Library! Write an act of kindness on each square and add it to our quilt on the wall. Come anytime throughout the month of March. Drop by the library anytime during our open hours to participate.
Migration, Kindness, and Resilience is a collaborative mobile mural that will pop up in public spaces in March and April. The mural will feature Monarch butterflies with native plants and incorporate symbols representing kindness, resilience, and hope. The Monarch butterfly is a beautiful symbol ...
This module defines Trauma Informed Care and provides an overview of the impacts of trauma on children’s brain development in the early years, how trauma impacts the sensory system, and how the stress response system activates when experiencing a trauma trigger.
Calling all teens who want to make a difference! Teens are welcome to join this discussion and informative program to learn about ways to be involved in the community, do community service, and make the world a better place. Educational Branch Library is hosting this event.
This training will provide an overview of the facilitation process and will help IEP stakeholders to be collaborative team members in a facilitated IEP meeting. Participants will learn how to clearly define their role in the IEP meeting, enabling them to prepare for active meeting participation...
Silicon Valley Reads 2022 presents A Virtual Author Visit with Christine Paik! Listen to Christine Paik read her new book The Girl in the Gold Dress, share her writing process, and then answer participant question...
This module explores how trauma can manifest in the classroom setting, strategies to help childcare providers respond using a “trauma informed care lens,” and how to apply this lens in the context of challenging behaviors.
Richard Lui quits his job to care for his father and learns about what compassion means to himself and to the community. Join us for an engaging discussion based on Enough About Me.
PBIS Orientation (30-45 min sessions): Let's Get Ready Let’s work together to put together your school training team rosters, set up your google drive, go over how to share deliverables and where to put documents/artifacts between sessions for easier access. This is a session for previously created teams to have time to organize and set up logistics p...
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03/03/2022 4:00 pm
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03/08/2022 4:50 pm
PBIS Orientation (30-45 min sessions): Let's Get Ready Let’s work together to put together your school training team rosters, set up your google drive, go over how to share deliverables and where to put documents/artifacts between sessions for easier access. This is a session for previously created teams to have time to organize and set up logistics p...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Tully Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program ties in kindne...
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03/05/2022 11:00 am
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03/05/2022 12:00 pm
Act of Kindness Talk & Tree Activity Children can meet in-person at the Evergreen Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Educational Park Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program tie...
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03/05/2022 3:00 pm
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03/05/2022 4:00 pm
Act of Kindness Talk & Tree Activity Children can meet in-person at the Joyce Ellington Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
Join us at the West Valley Branch Library for an engaging literary discussion of The Girl in the Gold Dress by Christine Paik. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy...
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03/06/2022 1:30 pm
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03/06/2022 3:00 pm
Teen & Adult Rock Painting Craft Join us for a craft to paint kindness rocks as part of Silicon Valley Reads theme of Power of hope, resilience and kindness. All supplies will be provided. This program if for teens and adults ages 12 and up.
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03/08/2022 10:30 am
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03/08/2022 11:00 am
Outdoor Storytime We are excited to continue in-person storytimes this Winter in Pioneer Park. Bring a blanket, put on your coats and enjoy stories, songs and rhymes with our Children's Librarians. Tuesdays at 10:30.
Pioneer Memorial Park: 1146 Church St, Mountain View, CA 94041
All ages welcome, no registrat...
Take a virtual visit to Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge and learn about the animals that call the Baylands home, including spring babies and many endangered species. Presented by the Sunnyvale Public Library.
Please join the Santa Clara County Library District as we enjoy a virtual but lively conversation with NBC anchor, author, and director, Richard Lui. Richard's book, Enough About Me is one of three featured selections Silicon Valley Reads, 2022: The Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope. His memoi...
Join us online for a live and interactive program of songs, music, and dancing with performer Nanny Nikki! Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library.
Yoga offers mental and physical health benefits to people of all ages. In celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022: The Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope, join Yogi Anil for an hour of yoga to help relax your body and calm your mind.
Please join Silicon Valley Reads for a candid conversation with local Silicon Valley Youth as we explore the challenges of being a teen including mental health, addiction, the affects of Covid-19 and more. Students will share their experiences and help offer tools for resilience and hope to those...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Hillview Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program ties in kin...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Pearl Avenue Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program ties in...
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03/12/2022 11:00 am
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03/12/2022 12:00 pm
Book Discussion: See No Stranger Join us for an engaging, virtual literary discussion of "See No Stranger" by Valarie Kaur. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy of the book and read before our program to join ...
Join us for a virtual book club to discuss the Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley. The theme for this years Silicon Valley Reads is the power of kindness, resilience and hope. The Authenticity Project is one of the recommended fiction reads. The Authenticity Project's cast of characters — inc...
Children can meet in-person at the West Valley Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
See No Stranger is part memoir, part practical guide for changing the world. Valarie Kaur, renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker and civil rights lawyer, addresses what ails our society: from racism, to police violence, from sexual harrassment to xenophobia... with the goal of providing insight on...
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03/15/2022 10:00 am
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03/15/2022 11:00 am
DeYoung Museum: People Come First, Alice Neel: Docent Talk American artist Alice Neel (1900–1984) spent most of her life living and working in New York City, and her work testifies to the diversity, resilience, and passion of the people she encountered there. This talk by San Francisco Fine Arts Museums docent Ruth Modric explores Neel’s neighbors in Sp...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the East SJ Carnegie Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program tie...
Come in person to the San Jose Gurdwara, one of the largest Gurdwaras in the world, where tour guides provided by Indian Business and Professional Women will give small groups a tour and some background on the Sikh religion. At the end of the tour, enjoy delicious vegetarian Indian food provided ...
Calling all teens who want to make a difference! Teens are welcome to join this discussion and informative program to learn about ways to be involved in the community, do community service, and make the world a better place. Willow Glen Branch Library is hosting this event.
Join us for an engaging literary discussion of "A Dream Called Home" by Reyna Grande. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy of the book and read before our program to join ou...
Join Enough About Me author Richard Lui, The San Jose Public Library and Silicon Valley Reads at the charming 3 Below Theater for a live screening of Richard Lui's movie, Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation followed by a discussion with director, Richard Lui moderated by NBC's Ro...
Join the Sunnyvale Public Library online for a lively discussion of the book, A Dream Called Home. Sunnyvale Library will also be hosting Reyna Grande on Wednesday, April 6th! Generously Sponsored by the Friends of the Sunnyvale Public Library.
Language falls away in degenerative conditions like Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias, diminishing patients' ability to connect. Music can retrain the brain, allowing people to communicate even as language is lost. Hear scientific evidence supporting the many benefits o...
The practice of meditation contributes to a more positive, healthy lifestyle. It is an invaluable tool for helping people reduce stress, gain a deeper sense of fulfillment in life as well as foster greater physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Join Dr. Matthew Raider, long time meditator ...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Evergreen Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program ties in ki...
Nature not only provides the essentials for physical survival — air, water, food, shelter — time spent outdoors nurtures our well-being, opening our hearts, inspiring our minds and lifting our spirits. It helps us build resiliency. In this online presentation learn how MidPeninsula Regional O...
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03/19/2022 1:00 pm
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03/19/2022 2:00 pm
Act of Kindness Talk & Tree Activity Children can meet in-person at the Alum Rock Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
Join us at the Joyce Ellington Branch Library for an engaging discussion of "The Big Umbrella" by Amy June Bates. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy of the book and read b...
Join this discussion to explore the definition of "home". Is "home" where we were born and raised? The place where we raised our own family? For many immigrants this is a lifelong dilemma. In A Dream Called Home, Reyna Grande crossed the border at 9 years old and endeavored, like so man...
Where do I shine? How can I make a difference? Every act makes a difference. Come to the Rose Garden Branch Library and see how you can make a difference and create a board as a reminder. We will discover ideas and build creativity around our boards. Craft activity included. This program ties in ...
What if kindness was a practice we could each choose, every day, as a way to experience community and wholeness in new, life-giving, world-changing ways? Local Pastor Bruce Reyes-Chow shows how being kind (which is different than being nice) has the power to transform our relationships in all ar...
Can you imagine what your life would be like if reading were a struggle? 1 in 6 adults in our community live with this reality. Our local libraries are part of the solution! Read Santa Clara, Partners in Reading, and the Santa Clara County Reading Program are library literacy programs in Santa Cl...
Now that California’s Dyslexia guidelines have been released, what’s next? California legislation (AB1369, Fall 2015) clarified how California educators will handle the reading disability called dyslexia. This workshop will discuss how to understand the guidelines, assess for dyslexia, and pl...
Let's start our next reading adventure as a group! Join the Central Book Club and read books across genres and topics! This month we are discussing See No Stranger: a Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur. Author Valarie Kaur takes readers through her own riveting journey—a...
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03/24/2022 4:00 pm
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03/24/2022 5:00 pm
Act of Kindness Talk & Tree Activity Pick up your kit (limited to the first 30 attendees) at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch Library between March 17-24 then log on to make a kindness tree together. The tree will have leaves about acts of kindness that kids can keep to remember how to be kind!
Come in person to Discuss the book Darius the Great is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram, and make a craft to take home. The first ten registrants will receive a FREE copy of the book. Please pick up your free book ONLY if you know you can attend the program. You may check out additional copies of Dariu...
Join us for an engaging literary discussion of "A Dream Called Home" by Reyna Grande. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy of the book and read before our program to join ou...
This FREE training will provide participants with the EMSA-approved eight-hour California Preventative Health and Safety Practices training (with nutrition and lead poisoning prevention) required for child care licensing. This training is open to participants from San Benito, Santa ...
Children can meet in-person at the Village Square Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
Calling all teens who want to make a difference! Teens are welcome to join this discussion and informative program to learn about ways to be involved in the community, do community service, and make the world a better place. Seven Trees Branch Library is hosting this event.
We are living in a time that feels often confusing and stressful. Incorporating meditation in our lives can be the change that can make a big difference. Join Umesh Bhatia long time meditator as he teaches a simple meditation technique to increase personal well-being. There will even be a short m...
Join us for a virtual book club to discuss the Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley. The theme for this years Silicon Valley Reads is the power of kindness, resilience and hope. The Authenticity Project is one of the recommended fiction reads. The Authenticity Project's cast of characters — inc...
Join us at the West Valley Branch Library for an engaging literary discussion of The Girl in the Gold Dress by Christine Paik. This program is in celebration of Silicon Valley Reads 2022 theme, “Power of Kindness, Resilience & Hope.” Please visit our library catalog to obtain a copy...
Children can meet in-person at the Calabazas Branch Library to do a kindness activity. Come make a kindness tree with leaves about acts of kindness- and take it home with you to keep you thinking about what it means to be kind!
