This year, Earth Day celebrations will focus on taking actions to stop climate change. Access Video On Demand is pleased to offer a wealth of titles for patrons who are interested in learning more about environmental issues around the world, as well as videos that honor the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, raise awareness about gun violence, and celebrate Parents’ Day. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the top left of header) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year. (Content may vary for international collections.)

50th Anniversary: Earth Day, April 22, 2020

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Earth Day 2017 (Item #183793)
• Climate Challenge series (Item #166074)
• Murder on the Reef (Item #188549)
• Going to Green series (Item #151073)
• Climate Conversations (Item #43699)
• The Climate Blueprint (Item #137747)
• After the Spill (Item #150116)
• Climate Change: Our Responsibility (Item #40296)
• Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World (Item #139605)
• Horizon Guide to Climate Change (Item #95114)
• The Crowd & The Cloud series (Item #135595)
• Years of Living Dangerously, Season 2 series (Item #138063)

May Is Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Silent Sacrifice: Stories of Japanese-American Incarceration series (Item #190177)
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Item #188493)
• Chinese in America (Item #187394)
• Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town (Item #151360)
• Island of Warriors (Item #151356)
• The Professor (Item #142050)
• More Than a Face in the Crowd: The Fifty-Year Career of Asian-American Actress Jane Chung (Item #60530)
• Project Yellow (Item #128439)
• George Takei (Item #138041)
• You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (Item #116138)
• The Chinese Exclusion Act (Item #188566)

Gun Violence Awareness Day, June 2, 2020

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• In Missouri, Relaxed Gun Laws, More Gun Deaths (Item #114844)
• Guns in America—Bloomberg QuickTakes (Item #162804)
• Gunned Down (Item #114687)
• Song of Parkland (Item #183509)
• Honoring Noah (Item #128820)
• America in Black and White: After Dallas Shootings, Pro-Open Carry Crusaders Draw New Criticism (Item #118725)
• TEDTalks: Sue Klebold—My Son Was a Columbine Shooter—This Is My Story (Item #160625)
• Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014 (Item #115027)
• America after Charleston (Item #115810)
• Young & Gifted: Christopher Suggs Takes Action Against Gun Violence in Kinston, North Carolina (Item #129340)

Parents’ Day, July 26, 2020

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Parenting BASICS—Self-Care for Moms series (Item #122874)
• Parenting BASICS —Fatherhood series (Item #122850)
• Parenting BASICS—Emotional Health & Positive Discipline series (Item #122844)
• Mommy Wars (Item #142546)
• Building Strong Families (Item #94789)
• Being a Super Mom (Item #166274)
• Big Belly Mommy Hacks (Item #166229)
• Lost Adventures of Childhood: The High Price of Hyper-Parenting (Item #41360)
• Two Dads, Two Moms: Gay Couples and Their Families (Item #53324)
• Rocking the Cradle: Gay Parenting (Item #38758)
• Single Parenting: The Family in Harmony series (Item #122899)
• Single Parenting During Deployment (Item #166268)