HUMC Table: Child Passenger Safety

Representatives from Hackensack University Medical Center will be at the library to discuss Child Passenger Safety.

Hackensack - Front Lobby, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Veterans Benefits Q&A

You have questions, Guy has answers! Guy Vanterpool, a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs is available to discuss Vet Center services including:*Benefits assistance and referral*Job counseling and referral*Readjustment counseling, marital and family co......More

You have questions, Guy has answers! Guy Vanterpool, a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs is available to discuss Vet Center services including:*Benefits assistance and referral*Job counseling and referral*Readjustment counseling, marital and family counseling*Substance abuse information and referral*Sexual trauma counseling and referral*Bereavement CounselingThe information session will be tailored according to your questions, if you have any. If you don't, then bring a pen and paper and be prepared to learn something new!There is no need to register. You can come in to the library meeting room or click the link below to join on Zoom. If you can't make it this time the program is held on the 4th Friday of the month January-October.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89083421665Questions? Email [email protected] or call 201-343-4169 x22.

Hackensack - Meeting Room, Hackensack - Zoom, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Just the Facts: the Nonfiction Only Book Club - 1491 by Charles C. Mann

This month we will discuss: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. MannA groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans learned in school tha......More

This month we will discuss: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. MannA groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly in small, nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last thirty years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong.In a book that startles and persuades, Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard-of conclusions. Among them:* In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe.* Certain cities-such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital-were far greater in population than any contemporary European city. Furthermore, Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets.* The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids.* Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process so sophisticated that the journal Science recently described it as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering."* Amazonian Indians learned how to farm the rain forest without destroying it-a process scientists are studying today in the hope of regaining this lost knowledge.* Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings.Mann sheds clarifying light on the methods used to arrive at these new visions of the pre-Columbian Americas and how they have affected our understanding of our history and our thinking about the environment. His book is an exciting and learned account of scientific inquiry and revelation. Please feel free to join us. We ask that you read at least 200 pages of the book if you wish to participate in the discussion. Questions? Contact Kate Cannarozzi, (201) 343-4169, [email protected]

Hackensack - Meeting Room, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Hackensack Meridian - John Theurer Cancer Center

Free cancer screenings and resources John Theurer Cancer Center Hackensack Meridian Health.

Hackensack - Front Lobby, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Small Business Meetups

These free meetups for local businesses offer insights for business growth & networking opportunities. Learn practical applications & best practices through live discussions, case studies, & real world examples.Focuses on services from the MSBA. Learn about promotion ......More

These free meetups for local businesses offer insights for business growth & networking opportunities. Learn practical applications & best practices through live discussions, case studies, & real world examples.Focuses on services from the MSBA. Learn about promotion & grant opportunities.This program is in partnership with the Main Street Business Alliance.

Hackensack - Auditorium, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

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Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Just the Facts: the Nonfiction Only Book Club - Humankind by Rutger Bregman

This month we will discuss: Humankind: a Hopeful History by Rutger BregmanIt's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli ......More

This month we will discuss: Humankind: a Hopeful History by Rutger BregmanIt's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. The instinct to cooperate rather than compete, trust rather than distrust, has an evolutionary basis going right back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too. In this major book, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman takes some of the world's most famous studies and events and reframes them, providing a new perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to an infamous New York murder, Stanley Milgram's Yale shock machine to the Stanford prison experiment, Bregman shows how believing in human kindness and altruism can be a new way to think - and act as the foundation for achieving true change in our society. It is time for a new view of human nature.Please feel free to join us. We ask that you read at least 200 pages of the book if you wish to participate in the discussion. Questions? Contact Kate Cannarozzi, (201) 343-4169, [email protected]

Hackensack - Meeting Room, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Veterans Benefits Q&A

You have questions, Guy has answers! Guy Vanterpool, a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs is available to discuss Vet Center services including:*Benefits assistance and referral*Job counseling and referral*Readjustment counseling, marital and family co......More

You have questions, Guy has answers! Guy Vanterpool, a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs is available to discuss Vet Center services including:*Benefits assistance and referral*Job counseling and referral*Readjustment counseling, marital and family counseling*Substance abuse information and referral*Sexual trauma counseling and referral*Bereavement CounselingThe information session will be tailored according to your questions, if you have any. If you don't, then bring a pen and paper and be prepared to learn something new!There is no need to register. You can come in to the library meeting room or click the link below to join on Zoom. If you can't make it this time the program is held on the 4th Friday of the month January-October.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89083421665Questions? Email [email protected] or call 201-343-4169 x22.

Hackensack - Meeting Room, Hackensack - Zoom, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Hackensack Meridian - John Theurer Cancer Center

Free cancer screenings and resources John Theurer Cancer Center Hackensack Meridian Health.

Hackensack - Front Lobby, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library

Small Business Meetups

These free meetups for local businesses offer insights for business growth & networking opportunities. Learn practical applications & best practices through live discussions, case studies, & real world examples.Focuses on services from the MSBA. Learn about promotion ......More

These free meetups for local businesses offer insights for business growth & networking opportunities. Learn practical applications & best practices through live discussions, case studies, & real world examples.Focuses on services from the MSBA. Learn about promotion & grant opportunities.This program is in partnership with the Main Street Business Alliance.

Hackensack - Auditorium, Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library