NJ State Library Talking Book & Braille Center Hosts Open Forum
The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC) and the New Jersey State Library’s Diversity Committee hosted an open forum on “People of Color Living with Disabilities” on Tuesday, February 23 at TBBC headquarters in Trenton. Over fifty people attended and discussed challenges related to both disability and ethnicity. Pictured, from left, are Andrea Wright, local voice-over artist, who spoke on “Living with Multiple Sclerosis,” Lorraine Jenkins, principal library assistant and chair of the NJSL Diversity Committee, and Gail Stokes, TBBC’s reader services advisor, whose topic was “Living with Macular Degeneration.” Karen Carson, Volunteer Coordinator for TBBC, developed and facilitated the program. (Photo by Mary Crain)