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Needham HRC approves moving forward on "Human Library" license pending town approval
Summary
The Needham Human Rights Committee voted to support obtaining a license for the Human Library program and to pursue training and event planning, contingent on clarification from town officials about which municipal entity would hold the license and related legal/insurance questions.
The Needham Human Rights Committee voted June 12 to move forward with obtaining a license and training materials from the Human Library organization, provided the town clarifies whether the town or an affiliated department would be the formal licensee and how liability/insurance issues would be handled.
The committee heard a staff and member briefing on the Human Library concept — an event format in which community members volunteer as “books” to have one-on-one conversations with visitors — and discussed logistics including training, vetting of “books,”…
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