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Camas library to host ‘community block party’ this Friday

Friends group will hold used book sale inside library during community event

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A family reads books outside the Camas Public Library on Oct. 9, 2020. Pictured are Cheryl Markwood, of Michigan (left), Janice Cole, of Camas (right), and Cole’s children, 5-year-old Zoe (on Markwood’s lap) and 2-year-old Henry (on Cole’s lap). (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

The Camas Public Library’s 2021 “Read for Change” program will host a community block party starting at 5 p.m. Friday, July 23.

The outdoor block party will feature live music, activities for children, an air hockey tournament — a nod to the Read for Change event’s featured book, Beartown by Fredrik Backman, which features a small town that loves hockey — to benefit the Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library (FFCL) and food trucks.

  • Building Relationships Across Difference (5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11): This 90-minute, in-person event, led by Alexis James, founder and CEO of Construct the Present, will discuss how our own biases may be limiting our life experience and explore ideas for expanding personal circles and having more diverse relationships.

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