Posts from Baychester Library

Free To Be: A Juneteenth Reading List for the Youth!

The Black protagonists, characters, and historical figures featured in this booklist dared to imagine freedom against all opposing factors even if they had to carve out their own path.

The Woodson Project: Empowering Black Families

Empowering Black Families aims to create and promote programs, services, collections, and resources that are responsive to the needs and experiences of the Black community.

A Bronx Week Reading List: May 8-18

One of the unique features of the Bronx is that is has a week dedicated to showcasing and celebrating all its wonderful attributes: history, literature, culture, etc. Here is a reading list which is sure to spark your interests in all things Bronx!

CEIS at Baychester: Resume Clinic and Job Search Club

Come and get your resume revised and learn how to market your wonderful employment skills! Are you nervous when interviewing? Learn how to maintain an air of confidence during your interviews. So let our dynamic Career Coach help you get back to work.

Let's get these resumes revised Tough times: making difficult career choices Learn how to shake off those interview jitters Let us help you get back in the game

My Library: Sharon

I had heard a bit about Sharon Anyimi; but I didn't know much. I knew she visited Baychester Library in Co-Op City — a lot — and was always reading books with the help of the Closed-Captioned Television system (CCTV), also known as the video magnifier, located in the Library. I knew she was a "people person" with a friendly word for all. I decided to wend my way to the northeast Bronx and meet this intriguing library user for 

Get Financially Literate in April, or Anytime!

April is the cruellest month. —T.S. Eliot, opening of The Wasteland. What do you associate with April? April showers? April in Paris?