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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2008
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7379
Fax: (512) 974-7379
National Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta
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The Southeast Austin Community Branch of the Austin Public Library invites you to the National Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta on Saturday, September 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 5803 Nuckols Crossing Rd. Please join us for this annual celebration of Hispanic pride and culture. Bring the whole family for music, stories, crafts, and refreshments.
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. |
Jazz with librarian Alison O’Reilly |
1:30 to 2:00 p.m. |
Mexican Tales and Tunes with Kim Lehman |
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. |
Crafts for children and music with Mariachi Familia Guerrero |
The fiesta is free and open to the public. For more information please call 512-462-1452 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/library.
About the Southeast Austin Community Branch
Although the Southeast Austin Community Branch officially opened its doors to the public on February 28, 1998, it actually got its start back in the early 1990s. It was at this time that area residents began working together to revitalize their community, which had seen a decline in living quality since the mid-80s. A grassroots community organization called SCAN (Southeast Corner of Austin Neighborhoods) was formed in 1993 to lobby City Hall for a number of much-needed services, including a library.
These lobbying efforts, combined with steps taken by area activists, the Austin Public Library Commission, and the Austin Planning Commission, brought about the opening of a temporary library “room” in the Dove Springs Recreation Center in 1993. While this temporary Library quickly became a vital part of the Center’s activities, citizens continued to work toward their dream of a community library that they could call their own. That dream finally began to materialize on the drizzly (but momentous) morning of November 23, 1996, when ground was officially broken on the Southeast Community Branch Library!
“I am overwhelmed by what people with a purpose can do,” says Emma Hanna, one of the Library’s primary activists. “We stuck with it and saw it through. I look on that Library as a part of my legacy. Some day my daughter or granddaughter will look on the Library with pride that I helped get it.”
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