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Week 12 of “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on July 20, 2020

As we enter the twelfth week of Tell Us Your Story, the Harrison County Public Library invites you to be creative in responding to weekly writing prompts during this pandemic. You may choose to write from the prompts that...

Week 11 of “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on July 13, 2020

We have entered week 11 of Tell Us Your Story. Please select from any of the prompts below–or from any of the prompts previously posted in HCPL’s blog–that inspires you and share your story here. Writing prompts for the...

Mask up, Hoosiers!

By Jessica Stroud
on July 13, 2020

Everyone wears their mask to protect someone. Watch the following video to see why some of the HCPL staff wear their masks, then post a photo in the comments below to let us know why your wear a mask....

Week 10: “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on July 6, 2020

We have begun the tenth week of Tell Us Your Story! We encourage you to select any of the prompts below (or from any of the prompts previously posted in HCPL’s blog) that inspires you and share your story with...

Week 9: “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on June 29, 2020

Today begins the ninth week of “Tell Us Your Story”. You are encouraged to select any of the prompts below (or from any of the prompts previously posted in HCPL’s blog) that inspires you and share your story with us...

“So You Want to Talk About Race” now available in BLM: Community Reads

By Jessica Stroud
on June 29, 2020

OverDrive’s Black Lives Matter: Community Reads is a digital book program created to provide simultaneous access permissions to important titles on social justice and anti-racism. The titles included in the program are focused on #ownvoices and are intended to...

Week 8 of “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on June 22, 2020

Today we begin the eighth week of “Tell Us Your Story”! Please feel free to select any of the prompts below that inspires you and share your story with us here. Be as creative as you would like, and...

New eBook available in Black Lives Matter: Community Reads

By Jessica Stroud
on June 22, 2020

New from OverDrive | Black Lives Matter: Community Reads

By Jessica Stroud
on June 16, 2020

OverDrive expressed that they stand in solidarity with the Black community and believes that we can and must find ways to do more. Black Lives Matter: Community Reads is an OverDrive digital book program created to provide simultaneous access...

Week 7 of “Tell Us Your Story”

By Jessica Stroud
on June 15, 2020

As we begin week 7 of the Tell Us Your Story project, we are surprised to have received so few responses to the weekly prompts. It is our hope that if any of the prompts posted from May 5...