{"id":11105,"date":"2021-04-20T22:11:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T05:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=11105"},"modified":"2021-05-01T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T17:50:33","slug":"a-living-library-bonnie-ora-sherk-featured-in-united-nations-75th-anniversary-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/a-l-l-pedagogy\/a-living-library-bonnie-ora-sherk-featured-in-united-nations-75th-anniversary-journal","title":{"rendered":"A Living Library  &#038; Bonnie Ora Sherk Featured in United Nations 75th Anniversary Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is with great excitement and honor that we announce <b><i>A Living Library &amp; Bonnie Ora Sherk\u2019s<\/i><\/b> inclusion in the recently published <b>United Nations 75<\/b><b><sup>th<\/sup><\/b><b> Anniversary Commemorative Journal<\/b> !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this illustrated interview shown below, <i>Bonnie Ora Sherk<\/i> discusses her development of <i>A Living Library<\/i> and highlights the organization\u2019s work with climate change, transforming environments, teaching students of all ages about natural systems and principals, and goal to create place-based <b><i>Branch Living Library &amp; Think Parks<\/i><\/b> \u2013 locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Included in Article are <b><i>Before, During, &amp; After<\/i><\/b> photos of the <b><i>Ecological Transformation of James Denman Middle School Rear Yard<\/i><\/b> (2017-18). The <i>Rear Yard Transformation<\/i> expands <i>A.L.L.<\/i>\u2019s larger <b><i>OMI\/Excelsior Living Library &amp; Think Park<\/i><\/b>, which was designed by Bonnie Ora Sherk and <b>Life Frames, Inc.,<\/b> non-profit sponsor of <i>A Living Library<\/i>.\u00a0 This transformative work is maintained in partnership with students from the four adjacent San Francisco Unified School District and community participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>CENTERPOINT NOW<\/i>, \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d<\/b>\u00a0 <i>Publication commemorating the UN\u2019s 75<\/i><i><sup>th<\/sup><\/i><i> anniversary with works and commentary by international artists, activists, innovators, academics, and policy-makers<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Now online:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/wcpun.org\/centerpoint-now-2\/\"> CENTERPOINT NOW, \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Limited edition hard copy\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; Press release attached.\u00a0 Whole Journal plus Article follows below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/centerpoint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Together, these transformations from gray to green radiate out to the wider neighborhoods, creating vital, diverse, lush, and themed <i>Learning Zones<\/i> while connecting communities throughout the Islais Creek Watershed, the largest in San Francisco.\u00a0 Please see Interview in the UN Journal on pages 102-103 in the online journal, linked <a href=\"https:\/\/wcpun.org\/centerpoint-now-are-we-there-yet-2\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Press release also linked <a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Centerpoint-Now-press-release.pdf\">here<\/a>. \u00a02 Page Interview is also pasted below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/interview-page1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1888\" height=\"1428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/press-interview2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1446\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great excitement and honor that we announce A Living Library &amp; Bonnie Ora Sherk\u2019s inclusion in the recently published United Nations 75th Anniversary Commemorative Journal ! 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