Local Interest

Get interactive with Native American tools and games at this program from Sunwatch Village.  Educators are bringing original and replica artifacts for families to view and handle.  Weather permitting, we’ll play the Chunky Stone Game outside, too!    

Mapping Equity in Dayton, a traveling exhibit developed by a team at Sinclair, is on display in Wright Library’s Community Room. Related events will be held throughout the month of September.

Celebrate the library's new Native Plant Gardens.

7-8:30pm Thursday, September 29

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Last chance to see the Mapping Equity Exhibit at Wright Library. Drop in for a tour led by Jacqueline Housel, Sinclair Geography Professor and team leader for the Mapping Equity Exhibit.  

7-8 pm Thursday, September 15

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Join Cherise Hairston and Raven Cruz Loaiza from the Dayton Mediation Center, Lt. Stephen Clark from the Dayton Police Department, and Sinclair College Police Chief Tom Thompson for a panel discussion of this exciting new project.

7-8pm Tuesday, September 13

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Join Professor Myla Cardona-Jones of Sinclair College to learn more about Redlining, a 1930s U.S. government practice that ranked the viability of a neighborhood based on a color-coded map system to decide who could receive subsidized housing loans and other resources. Find out how this government-sponsored policy was responsible for large scale disinvestment in black and brown communities and how redlining's legacy is still felt today.

2-3pm Saturday, September 10

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

6:30-8pm Tuesday, September 6

Wright Library Community Room
In-Person

Hosted by the Oakwood Inclusion Coalition. Stop by for refreshments and a tour of the Mapping Equity Exhibit.

Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. | Take a look forward and envision the City of Oakwood several decades in the future. Registration encouraged.

Join Jerry Post as he takes a look at the past and future of one of Oakwood's longest operating businesses. Oct. 16 at 2 p.m., registration is recommended.