One Maryland/One Book Project - HCP Will Participate - Here's How

The Maryland Center for the Book is launching Maryland’s first-ever statewide community reading program. Various community organizations will partner with the Center for the Book and offer free programs in August, September or October 2008 related to the book A Hope in the Unseen: an American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind, its themes and topics.

The goal for the One Maryland/One Book Project is to bring diverse Marylanders together in a library, school, or community setting to generate conversations and share different perspectives on race by reading and discussing a common work of literature.

Harford County Public Library is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County to bring a book-centered discussion to two of their locations – the Bel Air Unit and the Havre de Grace Unit. This will be followed up by a One Maryland/One Book Blog, where the teens can further their discussions, their readings and perhaps communicate with the author or Cedric Jennings.

HCPL will also sponsor a facilitated discussion open to the public at the Jarrettsville Branch on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 pm. A staff member will be taking a course this summer to be trained as a professional facilitator to conduct these sessions.

On Saturday, June 14, at 11:00 am, The Maryland Center for the Book will launch One Maryland/One Book at the Enoch Pratt Central Library. Katie O’Malley, First Lady of Maryland Honorary Chairperson for the One Maryland/One Book Project, will host the celebration, and the subject of the book, Cedric Jennings, will be present as well.