{"id":6640,"date":"2021-12-22T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:19:27","slug":"celebration-of-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/dormant-accounts-fund\/celebration-of-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Westmeath Libraries hosted a variety of online events in 2021 celebrating diversity and sharing experiences involving participants from a wide variety of backgrounds as Westmeath emerged from COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme celebrates neurodiversity and mental health as well as promoting equality and opportunities for all, and highlights the library as a community space for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Writing, Sign-Making, Mindfulness, as well as talks aimed at parents supporting LGBTQ+ children featured in our Celebration of Diversity. We are delighted to be able to share the experiences of some of the participants in the following videos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Westmeath Libraries Diversity Through Creative Writing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kkXEKnJY5Y?start=209&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Westmeath Libraries celebrating diversity through creative writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Westmeath Libraries Diversity through Art\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t7B59UEWozI?start=12&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Westmeath Libraries celebrating diversity through art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westmeath Libraries hosted a variety of online events in 2021 celebrating diversity and sharing experiences involving participants from a wide variety of backgrounds as Westmeath emerged from COVID. 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