Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

CultureAll: Open Book program

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Program Type:

Educational

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Program Description

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CultureAll's Open Book is a community project that creates connections and builds social cohesion through story sharing where People are “Books” and You are a “Reader.” During this 1.5 hour session, participants will hear stories from Trevy Augustin and Lilian Okech. Augustin is a proud Micronesian-American millennial. With degrees in political science and social work, she will share her story as it relates to how her professional and personal life revolves around navigating difference and dialogue. Augustin's lived experiences and interactions with people of diverse backgrounds has grown her love for life-long learning and community building. Okech is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, author, teacher and visionary. She co-authored two Time Amazon #1 bestselling books and is the co-founder of an organization that brings internet services and computer training to people of South Sudan. After working at a local church to support her four young boys, Okech started a cleaning service in 2018, Cleaning for Hope.