General Membership Meeting (May 2019) at the Pawtucket Public Library

 

Great CORI meeting this evening at the Pawtucket Public Library. Hope you can join us for our next meeting in August

 (details coming soon....).

General Membership Meeting (May 2019) at the Pawtucket Public Library

Cornucopia of Rhode Island, a section of the Rhode Island Library Association will meet
on  Monday, May 6,  2019 at 5:00 PM in the Woolley Conference Room at the

Pawtucket Public Library
13 Summer Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Telephone: 401-725-3714 x208

For parking please see link below:

https://www.pawtucketlibrary.org/directions-parking.htm

Feel free to contact Vice President Julie Cerrito with any questions:
Juliann Cerrito
401.277.5135
jcerr@uri.edu

Enjoy the week. We look forward to seeing you on the 6th of May.

Bringing Together Our Three Rich Organizations!

 Today (December 21, 2018) marked a historic day for Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) as we signed Deeds of Gift with both the Coalition of Library Advocates and Cornucopia of Rhode Island as Sections of RILA, bringing together our three rich organizations!

General Membership Meeting (September 2017)

The next Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color meeting will be held on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 5:30 PM at the Cranston Central Library, The Children’s Program Room, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston.  Telephone: 401-943-9080

Thanks to Emily Brown for securing and hosting.

Save the Date: CORI’s Annual Fall Mini Conference

A Source of Peace: Libraries & Immigration – The Real News! 

Thursday, November 2, 2017 @ 5:30 PM, Rhode Island State House, State Room

Please share both events and bring a friend.

General Membership Meeting (June 2017)

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

General Membership Meeting

Saturday, June 24^th at 10:00 A.M.

Naval War College, Library

686 Cushing Road

Newport, RI

Thanks to Gina Brown for hosting. 

Please note the following:

Visitors

Whether you’re coming to the NWC campus to participate in an evening lecture or you are interested in visiting the Navy’s “Home of Thought,” we look forward to having you aboard. We want your visit to go smoothly but please remember the campus is part of a secure Naval facility. Only students, staff, faculty and other approved visitors are permitted to enter the base and then drive onto campus.  

https://www.usnwc.edu/About/Directions.aspx

Therefore CORI must get clearance to visit. 

Please contact Gina with the following information if you wish to attend the meeting or have any questions regarding security clearance.  Per Gina:

“I just received the protocol for groups of visitors on a weekend. I will need each person’s Name, Date of Birth, and SSN.  Their information will be input on a classified document that goes to Naval War College security, on to Norfolk VA for Big Navy security checks and then bounces back to Newport with a yay or nay.  The whole process takes two weeks, so the sooner we can gather everyone's info the better. “

Please contact Gina at:

Email: Browng@usnwc.edu and telephone number 401.841.6500

 

 

General Membership Meeting (April 2017)

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color
General Membership Meeting
Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Newport Public Library
300 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840
Telephone # 401-847-8720
For directions, visit the library’s website:
http://www.newportlibraryri.org/about/hours-and-directions-2/

General Membership Meeting (February 2017)

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

General Membership Meeting

Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM 

Cranston Public Library, the Oak Lawn Branch,

230 Wilbur Avenue in Cranston. 

Telephone # 401-942-1787

For directions, visit the library’s website:

http://www.cranstonlibrary.org/location/oak-lawn-branch

Please feel free to bring a friend.

General Membership Meeting (December 2016)

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

General Membership Meeting

Saturday Morning, December 10, 2016, 10:00 AM

Mt. Pleasant Library, 315 Academy Avenue in Providence

For directions, visit the library’s website: http://www.provcomlib.org/locations/mt-pleasant

Please enter the library using the side entrance door near the rear parking.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 10^th of December; feel free to bring a friend.

Next CORI Meeting for June 2016

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

 

Date:               Monday, June 6, 2016

Time:              6:00 PM

Place:              Cranston Public Library, Central Library, The Seminar Room

                        140 Sockanosset Cross Road

                        Cranston, Rhode Island 02920

                        (401) 943-9080

For directions: http://www.cranstonlibrary.org/locations

 

We would like to invite you to attend our next Cornucopia of Rhode Island meeting.  Please invite a friend/peer to the meeting.

 

The agenda will include but not limit to discussion of our fall anniversary/gathering and a participatory workshop on strengths & weakness of our organization.

 

Please bring photos and primary sources of the last 10 years so that we can prepare a historical slide presentation during the anniversary celebration in September,

 

We thank the Cranston Public Library for hosting.  

 

Ida D. McGhee, MLS
Be glad, be joyful, and be thankful as you enjoy your many blessings!

CORI Meeting Notice ~ Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

CORI Meeting Notice

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

 

Date:     Saturday, April 2, 2016

Time:     10:00 AM

Place:    Library, University of Rhode Island's Providence Campus in the Shepard Building at 80 Washington Street, Providence

 

 

The Renaissance of Cornucopia of Rhode Island

Happy New Year to all!    

 

Please plan to attend the first meeting of the New Year.  

 

Date:  Saturday, February 27, 2016

Time:  10:00 AM

Place:  Mt. Pleasant Library

315 Academy Avenue

Providence, RI 02908

Telephone: 401-272-0106

 

http://www.provcomlib.org/locations/mt-pleasant

 

Thank you Dhana Whiteing, Library Manager and the Mt. Pleasant for welcoming us back.In case of inclement weather, I will send out an email by Friday morning, February 26th. 

 

Please plan to attend and bring a friend.Agenda items include program at RILA annual conference and our annual fall conference.

 

If you have not paid your 2016 membership dues, you may do so on February 27^th.   

Checks are payable to: Cornucopia of Rhode Island.

Upcoming meeting on Saturday, March 29, 2014

Cornucopia of Rhode Island (CORI) is having an upcoming meeting that will take place on Saturday, March 29th at 10:00 a.m. at CCRI in Warwick.

We are in the process of planning our Fall Mini-Conference, social events, possible trips and fundraisers. Our focus is on ethnic and multicultural issues. Please feel free to attend one of our meetings or email us with your suggestions and thoughts. We would love to hear from you and appreciate your participation. Your contribution as a member to Cornucopia of Rhode Island can be put on your resume and can serve as a good training for leadership in other organizations. So, whether you’re a member, former member or just learning about CORI, join us and be a part of a diverse group whose focus is on serving the library community of color.

Upcoming meeting location:

Community College of Rhode Island (Warwick Knight Campus) 400 East Avenue Warwick, RI 02886 401-825-1000

Saturday, March 29 th 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. Library Conference Room (4th Floor)

Directions link: https://www.ccri.edu/about/campuses.html#KnightCampus

If traveling north on Route 95: Take Exit 11 (295). Then take Exit 1 onto Route 113 west; continue straight to campus entrance

If traveling south on Route 95: Take Exit 12B. Bear left at fork to Route 113 west; continue straight to campus entrance.

Next Meeting on Thursday, January 17th

Just a reminder that the next meeting of Cornucopia of Rhode Island will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013, 6:00 P.M. at Hibachi & Grille Supreme Buffet, 1245 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI. The meeting is open to all and we will have a Yankee Swap. For those of you not familiar with a Yankee Swap, simply bring a small, inexpensive wrapped gift to the dinner. It can be a serious gift, or a silly one! All the gifts are placed in one pile and one by one each person chooses something and if they don't want it, they get to "swap" with someone else for whatever it is they received. The dinner will be separate checks, so if you wish, you can bring a guest with you.

Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet (Click on link for information about this restaurant and directions)

http://www.yellowbook.com/profile/hibachi-grill-and-supreme-buffet_1867358539.html

Maria Cotto CORI Secretary/blogmaster

2012 CORI Annual Potluck Luncheon/Meeting‏

I'm sending out this reminder to all members, and former members, of Cornucopia. Coming up this Saturday, September 22nd, 2012, will be our annual potluck luncheon/meeting.  The event will take place at the Jamestown Public Library from 10:00am until 2pm.  This year Dr. William Simmons of Brown University will be the guest speaker.  He will be presenting a talk on the Native American artifacts stored in the Jamestown Library.

 Dr. Simmons graduated from Brown University in Human Biology in 1960, and earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology at Harvard University in 1967. From 1967 till 1998 he was a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was Department Chair, Director of the Center for the Teaching and Study of American Cultures, and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1998 he moved to Brown University as Executive Vice President and Provost, and is currently Chair of Anthropology. He currently serves on the boards of the Providence Public Library, the Rhode Island Historical Society, and the Providence Branch of the NAACP.  He has written many books on Native American culture, including "The Ancient Graves of Conanicut Island" and " The Narragansett" part of the series of "North American Indians".  He is very familair with the artifacts stored at the Jamestwon Library and I hope that you will be able to attend this year's meeting to connect again with CORI and to hear Dr. Simmons speak.

This will also be an opportunity for you to renew your membership in CORI.  As in the past, dues remain at $20.00 per year.  The dues that are collected support CORI's endeavors to present seminars, and to continue to spread the universal message of diversity.  With the collection of dues, and your presence at meetings, these events are possible.  We would really like to see past members, and new members, attend our upcoming meetings so that CORI may continue the presentations and seminars that have been well attended.

Attached is a dues form, if you cannot make Saturday's potluck.  Please contact me, kathy747@verizon.net or any of our other officers, Ida Mcghee, Secretary,imcghee2003@yahoo.com, Donna Gilton, Vice-president,dgilton@uri.edu; or MaryElizabeth Berry, President, melizabeth7428@gmail.com if you have any further questions.

We hope to see you Saturday, and until then enjoy the beautiful fall weather we are having!

Regards,

Kathy Hannuksela, Treasurer

Cornucopia of Rhode Island

kathy747@verizon.net

P.S.Check out our webpage at Cornucopia of Rhode Island.  Maria Cotto, CORI webmaster, has done a truly exceptional job of putting together a site that is both interesting and informative.

Directions to Jamestown Library

Directions to the Library

Directions to Jamestown Philomenian Library - MAP
Directions to all Rhode Island Libraries - MAP
Get a Bus Schedule! - RIPTA

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Jamestown Library from Newport

Take 138 West over the Newport Bridge (Pell). Take the first exit after the toll, this will take you under the bridge. At the stop sign, turn left onto Conanicus Ave. At the next stop sign, turn right onto Narragansett Ave. At the stoplight, turn right onto North Road. Take your first right which is Swinburne St. The library driveway and parking are on your left.

Jamestown Library from North Kingstown

Take 138 East over the Jamestown Bridge. Take the first exit which says "Helm Street." Do not turn onto Helm. Proceed through the stop sign. When you get to the next stop sign, turn right onto North Road. Take North Road until you see a Cumberland Farms store on you right and a playground on your left. The library is the brick building on the left. Take a left just after the library onto Swinburne St. The library driveway and parking are on your left.

Regular Business Meeting, Saturday, May 5, 2012

Just a reminder that our first meeting of the year will be held on Saturday, May 5th at 10:00 am at Knight Memorial Library 275 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907 401-467-2625. Please feel free to invite others to the meeting.

Regular Business Meeting, Saturday February 4th, 2012

Just a reminder that our first meeting of the year will be held on Saturday, February 4th at 10:00 am at URI, Rodman Hall. Please feel free to invite others to the meeting.

Directions:
http://www.uri.edu/home/visitors/Map/kingston_direction.html

Regular Business Meeting Saturday, October 15, 2011

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: Serving the Library Community of Color
MaryElizabeth Berry, President
Regular Business Meeting Saturday, October 15, 2011
10 a.m. CCRI Warwick (Knight Campus) - Library
400 East Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886
Circulation: 401-825-2216
Reference: 401-825-2215

Thanks to Brenda for hosting this meeting.

Directions:
If traveling North on Route 95: Take Exit 119 (295). Then take Exit 1 onto Route 113 west, continue straight to campus entrance.

If traveling South on Route 95: Take Exit 12B Bear left at fork to Route 113 west; continue straight to campus entrance.

CORI meeting (December 2010) Cancelled

The next Cornucopia of RI meeting will be held in January 2011. Please note that the December holiday dinner meeting scheduled for December 2 at the Four Seasons Restaurant has been canceled and rescheduled for sometime in January.

CORI meeting (October 2010)

Just a reminder that CORI will be meeting this Saturday,
October 23 at 10:00 AM at the Pawtucket Public Library.
Thanks Eugene, for hosting.

Pawtucket Public Library
13 Summer Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
401-725-3714

Directions

From 95 North

Take Exit 28 (School Street) and turn left off exit ramp; follow the road straight through the light and bear left at the fork. Turn right on the Main Street Bridge over the Blackstone River and take a right at the second set of lights to High Street. The library is at the top of the hill on the corner of High and Summer Streets. Bear left onto Summer Street to get to the main entrance and parking lot of the library.

From 95 South

Take exit 29 (Downtown Pawtucket), turn right on Fountain Street, right on Exchange Street, and take left on High Street at second set of lights. Library is on the corner of High and Summer Streets.

CORI meeting (April 2010)

The next CORI meeting will be held on Saturday, April 24, 10:00 a.m. at the Tiverton Library, Please see below for directions. Thanks to Marian Kendricks for hosting the meeting.

http://www.tivertonlibrary.org/libraryinfo.htm#directions

Driving Directions
Essex Public Library
238 Highland Road Tiverton, RI 02878
(401)625-6796

I-195 East to 24 South Tiverton Newport Exit. Take the second Tiverton Exit #5 Route 77-177Tiverton Little Compton. At the end of the ramp, take a left turn. Proceed 1/4 mile to a set of blinking lights.Take a left turn - Highland Road. Proceed 1/2 mile. The Library is on the left hand side of the road.