June 2010 - Events and Activities

The Green Thumbs Up Garden Project is all about building relationships and engaging the community as we learn about gardening and grow food for our participants to share.  Part of the Summer Reading Program will include time in the garden with the children and garden related reading and crafts.  Our garden is for the young and the young at heart.  Join us in the garden on Wednesdays June 2, 9, 16 from 5 - 7 pm and every Thursday from 10:30 - noon.

Hungry for Change
Healthy Food For All:
Building Equitable and Sustainable Food
Systems in Our Region.
View the Academy Award nominated Film
"Food Inc."
Viewing and schedule of speakers is as follows:

Monday, June 21 “Teen Night,” 5:00PM, speaker Malik Yakini, Detroit Food Policy Network, Chairperson
Tuesday, June 22, 3:00PM, speaker Kami Pothukuchi PhD, SEED Wayne, Director
Wednesday, June 23, 5:00PM, speaker Meredith Freeman, Fair Food Network, Program Director
Thursday, June 24, 10:30AM, speaker DeWayne Wells, Gleaners Food Bank, President

Sponsors for this presentation:
MOSES (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength)
Contact: Jackie Dunn-Bell
313-384-8449
Fair Food Network
Gleaners Food Bank
Detroit Public Library
Eastern Market, Detroit


Juneteenth Celebration and Marketplace is Here!!

Yes, on Friday June 18 from 10 - 5:30 pm we will celebrate Juneteenth with a marketplace, children's crafts, storytellers, games and sidewalk activities.  The Detroit Lions Club will be on hand to provide free photo ID cards for children.  This will also be the kick-off for our summer reading program.  Register for summer reading and enjoy activities all day.

Real Men Read!

A community father, brother, uncle will read and share stories with the group.  Monday, June 7, from 6 - 7 pm.

Redford Readers Book Club

This month the RRBC is reading "Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt," by Beth Hoffman.  The book club will meet on Monday, June 28 from 6 - 7:30 pm.  Stop by the circulation desk and pick up a copy of the book and join us for the discussion.

Summer Computer Classes

All classes are held on Fridays:  11 - 1 pm

June 4 - Basic Web Searching

June 25 - E-Mail - Introduction

Registration is not required for any of these classes.  Class sizes are limited, please arrive 5 - 10 minutes prior to the beginning of class.

Destination Read

To better assist in the success of the online summer school 2010 program Destination Read, Detroit Public Library in partnership with Detroit Pubic Schools has ensured access to public computers for students after school and on weekends. DPS students will be issued by his or her teacher an individual username and password with which to access the learning database.


Coupled with the student’s personal library card he or she is now ready to take advantage of the 1 hour daily time allotment to learn for an improved future.

Based on scientific research, Destination Reading is a powerful early literacy and adolescent literacy program that correlates to state standards, and includes an explicit instructional pathway with frequent assessments to help guide individualized, data-driven instruction.

Check library schedules for different opening and closing times. Make Destination Read a part of your summer reading participation.