BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12226-e153eea5f049a3881693d6bd6d000172@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T022207Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T220000 SUMMARY:Marathon Read—Youth on Fire: Stories of Growing Up DESCRIPTION:\nRead\, Listen\, Eat! Marathon Read 2024 will be Thursday\, September 26 from 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. in the Dewey Room (W043) within the Collaboration Commons of the Pattee Library. This year’s them is “Y outh on Fire: Stories of Growing Up.” This free event is an in-person co mmunity reading that is open to the public.\n\nWe need readers! Anyone c an sign up to read for five minutes. Volunteers will supply the books ev eryone is reading from and will show you where to start reading and when to stop. Readers receive a free T-shirt.\n\nFood will be provided at po ints throughout the event.\n\nInterested in volunteering to staff the ev ent or have questions? Email Joe Bueter at jbueter@psu.edu.\n\nREADINGS:  House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros\, The Book of My Lives by Alek sander Hemon\, Born a Crime: Stories from a South Africa Childhood by Tr evor Noah\, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz\, and the graphic novels Town Boy by Lat and Pashmi na by Nidhi Chanani\, as well as other texts\n\nThe period of adolescenc e and young adulthood is one of the more impactful times in a person’s l ife\, and literature that taps into these experiences guides young peopl e through turbulent times and reminds adults of the shedding of innocenc e young people experience globally every day. It has also been thirty-fi ve years since the creation and signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child\, an international human rights treaty that led to significant changes in the treatment of children across a variety of areas.\n\n \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/eve nt/marathon-read-2024/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Read, Listen, E at! Marathon Read 2024 will be Thursday, September 26 f rom 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. in the Dewey Room (W043) within the Collaborat ion Commons of the Pattee Library. This year’s them is “Youth on Fire: S tories of Growing Up.” This free event is an in-person community reading that is open to the public.

We need readers! Anyone can sign up to read for five minutes. Vol unteers will supply the books everyone is reading from and will show you where to start reading and when to stop. Readers receive a free T-shirt .

Food will be provided at points throughout the event.

Inte rested in volunteering to staff the event or have questions? Email Joe B ueter at jbueter@psu.edu.

REA DINGS: House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, The Book o f My Lives by Aleksander Hemon, Born a Crime: Stories from a So uth Africa Childhood by Trevor Noah, Aristotle and Dante Discov er the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and the gra phic novels Town Boy by Lat and Pashmina by Nidhi Chan ani, as well as other texts

The period of adolescence and young ad ulthood is one of the more impactful times in a person’s life, and liter ature that taps into these experiences guides young people through turbu lent times and reminds adults of the shedding of innocence young people experience globally every day. It has also been thirty-five years since the creation and signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty that led to significa nt changes in the treatment of children across a variety of areas.

 

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/marathon-read-2024 /

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