Look into your online life

July 20, 2018

LOOK INTO YOUR ONLINE LIFE

  • Do you feel your digital self is slipping out of control?
  • Clicked “I agree” too many times?
  • Have you ever wondered if your smart gadgets know more about you than you do?

    Visit the Glass Room Experience, a pop-up exhibition on Data and Privacy, at Stirchley Library on Saturday 4 August 2018 – and find out from our informational and interactive exhibits on internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft.

    There will also be a Data Detox Bar where you can pick up an 8-day Data Detox Kit and ask members of the Birmingham

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HOPE not HATE – Kings Heath Action for Refugees workshop

June 4, 2018

Kings Heath Action for Refugees are holding an event at the Library on 19th June at 7pm – held during Refugee Week, this event is a workshop delivered by HOPE not Hate on how to communicate effectively about the issues surrounding migration.

Changing people’s views is rarely achieved through the medium of good rhetoric or great speeches. What we believe is based on ideas about the world that are developed over many years. We tend to seek out information that confirm our existing beliefs, and ignore information that doesn’t.

This workshop focuses on the techniques needed to bring people

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