Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for community programming, including titles to raise awareness of human trafficking, celebrate Black History Month in February and World Health Day in April, and help patrons learn more about a well-known and influential military academy. 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.)
January Is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Freedom Project series (Item #187224)
- Trafficked in America (Item #188600)
- Stop Traffick (Item #60362)
- Sex Trafficking in the USA (Item #93437)
- Modern Slavery series (Item #41368)
- TEDTalks: Noy Thrupkaew—Human Trafficking Is All Around You. This Is How It Works. (Item #114621)
- Supermarket Slave Trade (Item #149994)
- Trafficker (Item #118399)
If you are in need of assistance and/or information and resources related to the issue of human trafficking, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline to access their services: (888) 373-7888.
February Is Black History Month: Newly Added Titles
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality (Item #189943)
- Reconstruction: America after the Civil War series (Item #188579)
- Outlier: The Story of Katherine Johnson (Item #188548)
- Freedom Riders (Item #188492)
- Fighting for King and Empire—Britain’s Caribbean Heroes (Item #187569)
- American History’s Biggest Fibs: The American Civil War (Item #187465)
- Clementine Hunter’s World (Item #186565)
- Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story (Item #185569)
- Freedom Seekers: Stories from the Western Underground Railroad (Item #182470)
- Malcolm X: Murder in New York (Item #182544)
West Point Military Academy Is Established, March 16, 1802
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The Big Picture: West Point—The Army Challenge (Item #45024)
- Surviving West Point: Women Warriors (Item #40864)
- United News, Release 1 (1942): West Point Sends Her Men to War (Item #41405)
- The Big Picture: The Making of a West Pointer (Item #45252)
- John J. Pershing: The Iron General (Item #42494)
- The Big Picture: The General George S. Patton Story (Item #45121)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (Item #42931)
- The Big Picture: The Douglas MacArthur Story (Item #45197)
World Health Day, April 7, 2020
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Vital Signs (Item #187400)
- Fighting Pandemics (Item #138009)
- Health Risks to the World’s Young (Item #47483)
- Trust Me I’m a Doctor: Series 8 (Item #188077)
- Mind Your Health series (Item #155280)
- Understanding Disease through History (Item #129316)
- The People’s Health series (Item #128004)
- Antibiotics: The Double-Edged Sword (Item #32409)
- Kill or Cure, Series 4 (Item #144763)
