O'Pod Episode 49: Friends of the West Roxbury Library and Katy Polanco Berndt

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Councilor O'Malley sits down with community members of District 6 in a special episode of the O'Pod. Both the West Roxbury Branch Library and the Connolly Branch Library will be hosting exciting events on Monday, April 1st and throughout the month.

In this four-part episode, Councilor O'Malley first checks in with Jamaica Plain liaison Will Poff-Webster on upcoming events.

He then heads over to the West Roxbury Branch Library to meet with Wilma Rosenberg and Margaret Dale, volunteers at the Friends of the West Roxbury Library. They introduce West Roxbury Reads 2019, a series of panels and discussions in April. On April 11th, Best-selling author and New Yorker contributor Jill Lepore will be speaking about her newest book called, "These Truths: a History of the United States."

Councilor O'Malley then chats with Katy Polanco Berndt, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development Massachusetts Liaison who is hosting an event on Monday, April 1st celebrating the culture of the Dominican Republic with a documentary screening called, "Hay Un País En El Mundo."

Finally, Councilor O'Malley checks in with Shannon Murphy, the West Roxbury liaison to review upcoming events in the neighborhood.