The University of Nebraska Medical Center McGoogan Health Sciences Library’s Living Library: “Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” provides an opportunity for attendees to interact with living books from the UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and clinical partners community who are experts in various fields surrounding women’s health or have their own personal health care journey to share. Attendees will be able to select from these living books, have an intimate, 30-minute conversation, hear their story and ask questions.

“We have a tremendous group of people who have agreed to be our living books for this event and share their stories,” said Jess King, education and research services librarian at McGoogan Library and principal investigator for the “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project.

“Our books will be sharing their perspective on a variety of women’s health topics,” said King, “including autism, urinary incontinence, dissociative identity disorder (DID), unique and complicated pregnancies, and more. Our hope is that this event sheds light on areas of women’s health that people may not be as familiar with, allows for candid conversations, and provides an opportunity for learning and growth.”

Due to the sensitivity of this topic, attendees must be 19+. Light refreshments provided (while supplies last). The event is free, but registration is required to select the living books with whom to speak. Click here to register.