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1:22Now PlayingLibrarian creates place of hope & love for neighborhood
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1:22Now PlayingThis Indianapolis-area library manager is a beacon of hope to her community, but they're not the only ones who've been blessed. Video shot by Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar.
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Shanika Heyward could have been a statistic. Drugs, crime, poverty — that was the world she lived in near 38th Street and Emerson Avenue in the 1980s and early '90s.
Her parents were lost to drug addiction and mental illness during her youth. She and her two siblings bounced from home to home, moving in and out of foster care. But two things saved a young Shanika — her grandmother and the library.
From the time she was 6 years old, Shanika would walk with her older brother and sister to the old Emerson Avenue branch of the Indianapolis Public Library at 36th and Emerson, a few blocks from her grandmother's home.
Even when her siblings got older and stopped going, she didn't.
"I went every day, and the librarians helped me with my homework," Heyward said. "My grandmother couldn't help me with my homework."
Now, Heyward is in a position to help others as manager of the East 38th Street branch of The Indianapolis Public Library. During 2016 National Library Week, Heyward was honored as a "Mover and Shaker" by Library Journal.
She was recognized nationally for tapping into her deep familiarity with the neighborhood to organize community partnerships with more than 40 nonprofits, businesses, churches and universities.
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