Large IDEA E-book Membership assembly to discover disability rights, entry | Lake County

The Lake County League of Libraries and the Diversity Center in northeast Ohio will discuss disability rights and access at the next meeting of their Big IDEA Book Club on January 21st at 6:30 pm.

The group’s discussion book, according to a press release, is Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century, a collection of essays by disability rights activists and people with disabilities describing their lives and experiences.

The book club is open to all, and copies of Disability Visibility are available from a local library.

The League of Libraries founded the Big IDEA Book Club to discuss books and topics related to inclusion, diversity, equity and access. The discussion will be moderated via Zoom and attendees can register at www.mentorpl.org to attend the talk.

The Lake County League of Libraries is a collaboration between all public and academic libraries in Lake County. It was set up to host larger programs than each of the libraries could individually create, the press release said.

The league includes the Fairport Harbor Public Library, the Kirtland Public Library, the Lakeland Community College Library, the Lake Erie College Library, the Madison Public Library, the Mentor Public Library, the Morley Public Library, the Perry Public Library, the Wickliffe Public Library and the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.