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=='''2022 - Strategic Priorities'''==
'''Strategy 1: NIDA Human Library (2022 Fellows)''' The Human Library, firstly established in Denmark in 2001 as a way to promote human rights and social cohesion, is intended to encourage deeper understanding and connection among people by highlighting the power of empathy as a means to break down barriers of prejudice and misunderstanding. From this concept, we're agree to establish our NIDA Human Library, so that people can connect, share their experiences, and learn to understand each other. A Human Library consists of “books” that are human. Books in a Human Library are actual people. These books have all agreed to share their stories with the public as a public service. The Human Library is modeled after traditional libraries; each "book" in the collection has a jacket and description, and "readers" can borrow them in order to learn more about a certain subject. Readers could gain insight into the lives of people from different backgrounds at NIDA, such as those from different countries, those with different abilities, those from different sexual orientations and gender identities, and those who follow different religious traditions. Readers who take part in the discussion gain a deeper understanding of the subject being profiled, as well as of the struggles and stereotypes the subject has faced in the past and faces today. A book can have a one-on-one conversation with a reader for 20 minutes while it is checked out. To execute this idea, we have to plan the project, setting agenda, provide meeting plan, setting date, time and place. The next process is to brainstorm what should be in Human Library, then observe what people want, setting a session of public hearing and making summary report. The biggest challenge that the team needs to do after that is to propose the strategic plan to NIDA Adminstration Team and waiting for their approval. If our project of NIDA Human Library proposal is approved, we are going to make a public announcement and work on our public relations.
