{"id":7689,"date":"2017-06-16T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T13:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2023-01-17T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:18:21","slug":"nppf_2017_book_club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/16\/nppf_2017_book_club\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory: Hennepin County Library&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize Forum book club fosters dialogue across differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(MINNEAPOLIS) &#8212; Members of the public have a unique opportunity to build knowledge and understanding of issues that have and continue to shape\u00a0our world through a book club that is offered in partnership by the Hennepin County Library and Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Participants will explore the stories and writings of leading authors and public figures this summer, in advance\u00a0of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Forum slated for September 15-16 at Augsburg College.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/NPPF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7695 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/NPPF-300x68.jpg\" alt=\"Nobel Peace Prize Forum - Inspiring Peacemaking\" width=\"300\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/NPPF-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/NPPF.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/hclib.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7698 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/hclib-300x102.jpeg\" alt=\"Hennepin County Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/hclib-300x102.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/06\/hclib.jpeg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngaged citizens who participate in the NPPF Book Club will gain considerate understanding of\u00a0some\u00a0issues and topics we will dig into at the Forum this September,\u201d said Joe Underhill, program director of the NPPF. \u201cIn times of great flux and ongoing violence, developing dialogue across differences and compassion for our global neighbors is a key to building the understanding that leads to peacemaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to partner with such a venerable institution as the NPPF to offer this opportunity for our community,\u201d said\u00a0Stephanie Steinwedel, program and events manager for Hennepin County Library. \u201cAt a time when our world feels increasingly divided, bringing community members together to discuss ways we can \u00a0strengthen the ties that bind us feels more important than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>SCHEDULE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>July 13: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/588966\/tell-me-how-it-ends-by-valeria-luiselli\/\">Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions<\/a>,&#8221; by Valeria Luiselli, examines the effect of America\u2019s immigration policy on undocumented young Latin American migrants.<\/li>\n<li>August 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/book\/world-disarray\">&#8220;A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order,&#8221;<\/a> by Richard Haass, looks at 400 years of international relations and the current state of the world, and calls for an updated \u201cglobal operating system,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>September 7: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/306552\/interventions-by-kofi-annan\/9780143123958\/\">Interventions: A Life in War and Peace<\/a>,&#8221; by Kofi A. Annan, contains Nobel Peace Prize winner Annan\u2019s reflections on his 40-plus years of service to the United Nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>WHERE\/WHEN<\/h2>\n<p>All NPPF Book Club events, hosted and organized by the Hennepin County Library, will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Minneapolis Central Library in the RKMC meeting room on the second floor of the library. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hclib.org\/about\/locations\/minneapolis-central\">Minneapolis Central Library<\/a> is at 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Hennepin County Library:<\/strong> With a mission to nourish minds, transform lives and build community together, Hennepin County Library is a national leader of library service, innovation and excellence. Its 41 libraries, website and outreach services serve 1.2 million county residents over 611 square miles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Nobel Peace Prize Forum: <\/strong>The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, hosted and presented by Augsburg College, brings together students and community members with Nobel Peace Prize winners, world leaders and accomplished peacemakers to work on building a world in which people can live full, rich, meaningful lives. The 29th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum is September 15 and 16 in Minneapolis on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/\">Augsburg College\u2019s Campus<\/a>, and will honor and advance the important accomplishments of the 2015 laureate, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, recognized \u00a0\u201cfor its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.\u201d Tickets at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/peace.augsburg.edu\/\">Nobel Peace Prize Forum website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MINNEAPOLIS) &#8212; Members of the public have a unique opportunity to build knowledge and understanding of issues that have and continue to shape\u00a0our world through a book club that is offered in partnership by the Hennepin County Library and Nobel Peace Prize Forum. 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