"You Must Learn" -- How Community Book Center feeds minds and souls in New Orleans

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Teach the student what needs to be taught/ 'Cause Black and white kids both take shorts/ When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture/ Ignorance swoops down like a vulture. -KRS One, You Must Learn

Basically, when the elders are speaking, pay attention.

Some of the greatest lessons we learn in life don’t come from the classroom. They come being in community with each other. They come from sharing culture and experiences. When we think about community learning that feeds the soul of New Orleans, you can’t think about it without thinking about the Community Book Center.

And when you enter the space and get in conversation with Vera Warren or Jennifer Turner. Oh! You are going to learn. Know that you won't leave the way you came in--whether its 15 minutes or 2 hours. Founded by Vera Warren nearly 35 years ago i ...