Meet Jasilyn Charger

Register here to meet Jasilyn Charger in a virtual program hosted through the Ocean County Library, Wednesday, May 5 @ 6 pm. Jasilyn is a water protector, who as a teen, was a founding member of the youth group that started the encampment at Standing Rock in prayerful opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In this fight over the Pipeline, these Native American activists achieved one of the most galvanizing environmental victories in years — and it all began with a group of teenagers, led by Jasilyn Charger.

Jasilyn will discuss their journey, as well as their current efforts with the nonviolent direct-action protests of Enbridge Line 3 in northern Minnesota.

Zoom link for event will be sent after registration. Free program starts at 6 PM.

This program is part of our series of programs for the public as a partner in the Toms River School System's "NEA Big Read" grant. During the month of May, Ocean County Library is encouraging the Ocean County community to read this year's NEA Big Read, American Sunrise by Joy Harjo . The library is hosting several programs enhancing this read. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The goal of the grant program is to bring a community together in programming and conversation around a work of literature.