Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for engaging community programming. This month’s programming suggestions can help patrons honor the memory of a great leader, celebrate Chinese New Year, watch what they eat and drink, and learn more about an important and serious issue affecting the world today. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of any page in the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year.

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• In Remembrance of Martin (Item #44139)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The Making of a Holiday (Item #1691)
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (Item #110307)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Look Here (Item #39058)

Historical Presidential Inaugurations

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Historical Inaugural Perspectives (Item #56294)
• This Day In History: March 4, 1933—FDR’s First Inauguration (Item #68514)
• The Kennedy Inauguration: January 20, 1961 (Item #39059)
• The Reagan Inauguration: January 20, 1981 (Item #39067)
• George H. W. Bush Inauguration (Part 1) (Item #51860)

Chinese New Year, January 28

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Festivals: Spring Festival, China (Item #111617)
• Chinese New Year Special—Martin Yan: True Passion (Item #52227)
• World Foods: Chinese Cooking (Item #41263)
• Great Festivals 3: Globe Trekker (Item #50478)

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• TEDTalks: Noy Thrupkaew—Human Trafficking Is All around You. This Is How It Works (Item #114621)
• Sex Trafficking in the USA (Item #93437)
• The Tree Workers’ Case: Human Trafficking in the European Union (Item #51900)
• Sold: Fighting the New Global Slave Trade (Item #41698)
• Southern Exposure: Causes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration (Item #52323)
• Maids: Docile and Invisible—A Story On Domestic Workers (Item #125151)

Understanding the Effects of Alcohol for “Dry January”

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• The Truth about Alcohol (Item #117376)
• Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad? (Item #95124)
• Do I Drink Too Much? Human Biology, Genetics, and Alcohol (Item #41379)
• Whiskey: Addicted to Pleasure (Item #57415)
• Alcohol, from the series Drugs: The Straight Facts (Item #39494)
• Hard Truths about Alcohol (Item #40927)
• Effects of Alcohol (Item #51761)

Sugar Awareness Week, January 16–20

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Jamie’s Sugar Rush (Item #110316)
• The Men Who Made Us Fat: Part 1 (Item #55714)
• Sugar: Addicted to Pleasure (Item #57412)
• Can’t Put Down the Oreos? It Might Be in Your Head  (Item #56122)