Voices From the Street
The Las Vegas Homeless Newspaper Project (LVHNP)
Wednesday, August 19
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Clark County Library
OtherThis writing workshop is aimed at those who are currently or formerly unhoused but open to all. Drop in, write, listen, talk, build community, and eventually publish. No experience necessary!
Interested? Join LVHNP in the Clark County Library’s Whitman Study Room on the library’s first floor. Laptops, paper, and pencils will be provided during the street newspaper workshops.
Austin Okopny, from Nevada Homeless Alliance’s Lived X Team, is leading the project and is the editor of the publication. The Lived X Team is dedicated to building a compassionate and empathetic community where the stigma surrounding homelessness is eliminated through education, understanding, and shared experiences.
For more information about the LVHNP, please email the Southern Nevada Lived X Team at snvlivedx@gmail.com.
Free and open to the public. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Presented in partnership with the Nevada Homeless Alliance.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Education & Literacy | Community Events | Books, Poetry & Writing | Arts, Crafts & Hobbies |
Clark County Library
| Mon, Jul 20 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Jul 21 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Jul 22 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Jul 23 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Fri, Jul 24 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
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Originally opening in 1966 as a three-room library within the Airport Annex building, the Clark County Library moved in 1967 to a storefront. In 1971, the library moved again to its current location using deeded land from the County and with money awarded by the Max C. Fleishman Foundation. The building went on to have two remodels: one completed in 1986, and the second completed in 1994, which resulted in the three-story, 120,000-square-foot building it is today. This redesign notably included a 399-seat theater and an 80-seat black box theater/dance studio. The Library District also added the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, which provides a place for teens to explore and master new technologies and digital skills.
