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Watch this first video story from the Week of Citizening on Instagram or LinkedIn: https://newsletter.baratunde.com/p/1st-story-libraries-are-hubs-for?r=204q7
What if every library in the world was a hub for citizening—a space where people could come together, tell their own stories, and build new ones? It’s already happening. And Cossit Llibrary in downtown Memphis is leading the way.
🎙️ Meet Ena Esco — Innovator-in-Residence for podcast programming. In a city that’s majority Black and shaped by deep economic challenges, Ena is turning a traditional library into a platform for power.
Inside this public library you’ll find:
📸 A podcast studio
🎥 A video + photo lab
🎭 A performance space
All free. All open to the public.
“We live in an era where a lot of people are being silenced. I’m proud to mentor folks and watch them realize: they can say what they truly want to say.” — Ena Esco
This is what it looks like to practice power. To citizen.
🔗 Want more stories like this? Visit https://stories.howtocitizen.com
Story produced by Tess Novotnoy
This is part of the Week Of Citizening stories jointly amplified by How To Citizen, Jon Alexander, and Baratunde Thurston
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Watch this first video story from the Week of Citizening on Instagram or LinkedIn: https://newsletter.baratunde.com/p/1st-story-libraries-are-hubs-for?r=204q7
What if every library in the world was a hub for citizening—a space where people could come together, tell their own stories, and build new ones? It’s already happening. And Cossit Llibrary in downtown Memphis is leading the way.
🎙️ Meet Ena Esco — Innovator-in-Residence for podcast programming. In a city that’s majority Black and shaped by deep economic challenges, Ena is turning a traditional library into a platform for power.
Inside this public library you’ll find:
📸 A podcast studio
🎥 A video + photo lab
🎭 A performance space
All free. All open to the public.
“We live in an era where a lot of people are being silenced. I’m proud to mentor folks and watch them realize: they can say what they truly want to say.” — Ena Esco
This is what it looks like to practice power. To citizen.
🔗 Want more stories like this? Visit https://stories.howtocitizen.com
Story produced by Tess Novotnoy
This is part of the Week Of Citizening stories jointly amplified by How To Citizen, Jon Alexander, and Baratunde Thurston
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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