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Virtual MLK Lecture: Bishop Joey Johnson

"Health or Healthcare?"

2022-01-16 14:00:00 2022-01-16 15:00:00 America/New_York Virtual MLK Lecture: Bishop Joey Johnson Bishop Joey Johnson will echo and discuss the meaning of Dr. King's 1966 statement about health and explore what healthcare in the USA looks like today. He asks,"Health or Healthcare?" Main Library - ZOOM WEBINAR -

Sunday, January 16
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-01-16 14:00:00 2022-01-16 15:00:00 America/New_York Virtual MLK Lecture: Bishop Joey Johnson Bishop Joey Johnson will echo and discuss the meaning of Dr. King's 1966 statement about health and explore what healthcare in the USA looks like today. He asks,"Health or Healthcare?" Main Library - ZOOM WEBINAR -

Bishop Joey Johnson will echo and discuss the meaning of Dr. King's 1966 statement about health and explore what healthcare in the USA looks like today. He asks,"Health or Healthcare?"

This program is a Zoom webinar. Please click here at 2 pm, January 16 to join us. 

On March 25, 1966, in Chicago at a press conference before his speech at the second convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR), Dr. King said:

“We are concerned about the constant use of federal funds to support this most notorious expression of segregation. Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death.” 

On the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022, hear Bishop Johnson expound on this historic message from Dr. King.

Presiding Bishop of Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches, he is also the organizer and Senior Pastor of The House of the Lord. Bishop Johnson chairs the City of Akron Racial Equity and Social Justice Taskforce.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture is sponsored by the Akron Summit County Public Library and the Eta Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The event is free.

Main Library

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Mon, Sep 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Sep 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Sep 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 30 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 01 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Sat, Sep 30, 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Oct 01, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Oct 03, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Wed, Oct 04, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Wed, Oct 04, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 04, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Oct 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 05, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, Oct 05, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
TechZone

Thu, Oct 05, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 05, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 05, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Oct 07, 10:15am - 12:00pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Sat, Oct 07, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Sun, Oct 08, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Oct 09, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Tue, Oct 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Oct 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 11, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Oct 11, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone
This event is full

Thu, Oct 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Computer Lab 2

Thu, Oct 12, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, Oct 12, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Oct 12, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 12, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 12, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Oct 14, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Sat, Oct 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mon, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Oct 16, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Tue, Oct 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Oct 17, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Oct 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 18, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Oct 18, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 19, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom

Thu, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 19, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Oct 21, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3,Atrium

Sat, Oct 21, 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Oct 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Oct 23, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Tue, Oct 24, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Oct 25, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
Registration opens Thursday, October 12 2023 at 9:00am

Thu, Oct 26, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 26, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Thu, Oct 26, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Oct 26, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, Oct 26, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, Oct 26, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Thu, Oct 26, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Atrium,Meeting Room 2AB

Fri, Oct 27, 10:00am - 6:00pm
Garden Trio Corridor

Sat, Oct 28, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Garden Trio Corridor

Sat, Oct 28, 10:15am - 12:45pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Sun, Oct 29, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Oct 30, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
Registration opens Monday, October 9 2023 at 12:00am