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Ginn Library is accepting submissions from the Fletcher community for the Perspectives Gallery. We welcome both photography and digitized two-dimensional works on paper such as illustrations, watercolor, pen and ink drawings, gouache, woodblock prints, etchings, etc.  Please send in photos/art from your travels while at Fletcher, whether these occur during any of the academic breaks or during the school year.

The themes for Fall semester 2020 include:

As the United States celebrates Black History Month this February, the Tufts Libraries have curated a collection of books, films, and media by Black artists that can be enjoyed year-round. Explore these recommended resources and personal favorites from Ginn Library staff. 

Dr Roxani Krystalli is a Fletcher alumna (MALD 2014; PhD 2020) and a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of St Andrews, where her research and teaching focuses on feminist peace and conflict studies, and on the politics of nature and place. Dipali Anumol is a PhD candidate and MALD graduate (MALD 2019) focusing on feminist activism, social change and interpretive methods.

Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana or National Hispanic Heritage Month, is celebrated September 15 through Oct 15 to coincide with the independence of several Latin American countries.  This year's theme, "

As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we would like to acknowledge that as a space for teaching, learning, research and study, Ginn Library is located on colonized Wôpanâak (Wampanoag), Pawtucket and Massachusett Tribe traditional territory. We pay respect to the ancestral bloodline of these tribes and their descendants who still inhabit historical tribe territories to this day.

April is Arab American Heritage Month and Ginn staff are celebrating by putting together some resources to help you explore literature, film, and poetry created by Arab Americans.

Follow @GinnLibrary on Instagram and let us know what you are reading, listening to, and watching to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month.  

This May, we're celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in collaboration with the Fletcher Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.