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I think that oftentimes people think of
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libraries as quaint relic
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of the past I would argue it serves an
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even greater purpose today I've had the
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good fortune of being involved in some
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way or the other with the Boston Public
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Library and I
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never cease to be amazed at what I
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learned about the library and I think
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the case for supporting the Boston
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Public Library is quite straightforward
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it some
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philanthropists that recognized that if
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this democracy was going to
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itself everybody needed to be

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in Joshua Bates another
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donated $50,000 to
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the Boston Public Library's
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collection
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he believed that to
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education was the
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future
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the library still holds
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to that mission from the youngest
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Bostonians to our most vibrant seniors
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from casual readers a new
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book to citizens a new life the
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Boston Public Library is changing lives
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and a stronger City one patron
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at a time getting homework help mentor
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here and like seeing a lot of
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parents literally
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here and say like you don't know how to
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help them with this particular
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subject in English or like I don't know
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how to help them learn and
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so it's like really nice for me to kind
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of like be the person that I wish I had
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when I was those kids age

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mentoring an education at the library
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not only helps students their
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it also helps expand their perspective
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the collection at
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the Norman Beal eventhough map and
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Education Center promotes a different
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kind of literacy a and
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cultural
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looking at is fun it gives you
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knowledge about some stuff you didn't
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know before and it gives you "caress"
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about learning more about these stuff
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I've discovered a lot since using maps
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while exploring maps helps patrons
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the welcoming safe
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spaces at the library help patrons find
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and express their true identities
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inclusion and understanding is built
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into the library's DNA when we say
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to all we mean free to all

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"Jack Queen story hour" really tells kids
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that they can truly
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because they see two people in front of
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them I had a lot of fun
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interacting with the kids basically
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enjoy myself they accept the difference
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as a natural thing
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building an inclusive city means helping
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build connections the library's classes
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and programs not only help teach English
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to non-native speakers they also help
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them and
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culture
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when I came here I didn't speak English
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you don't speak English you cannot find
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a job nobody can hire you.... love languages
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I love languages but at the end
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of the day the reason humans have
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language is other
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humans it's it's so much fun I can talk
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with people I to a
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bar and talk with people and connect
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with people and make some friends I
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that before to came
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here and take of this kind of classes
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every day patrons streamed through the
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library's doors looking for a good read
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a fresh perspective and new skills
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others enter because they feel there is
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nowhere else to go
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a homeless person? nobody wants
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us I wasn't looking to help I was just
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willing to be homeless for the rest of
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my life and it wasn't for Sivir and
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Mike Bunch I would have never got the
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courage to pick myself up

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as citizens we want many of the same
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things a safe stable home the skills to
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provide for ourselves and the people we
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love and the opportunity the
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world a better place
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the posada of McKim building states
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built by the people and dedicated to the
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of learning these words were
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first carved in the 1890s but the Boston
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Public Library continues
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every day by the people who use it
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remaining as always to all

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