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An Evening with Ari Berman – August 19, 6:00-7:00 pm

Join us for An Evening with Ari Berman, author of the Human Relations Community Read “Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America.” 

It will be held on  Aug 19, at 6 pm. Register here. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This event is hosted by Flyleaf Books

Webinar Speakers

Ari Berman (Senior Reporter @Mother Jones)

Ari Berman, stories cover voting rights and have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Politico and The Guardian. He is a frequent political commentator on MSNBC, NPR, PBS and C-Span. Ari’s work has earned him an Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media and a place on the FD200 – for those whose work embodies Frederick Douglass’s legacy of social change. Ari authored, GIVE US THE BALLOT: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction), HERDING DONKEYS: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, and forthcoming MINORITY RULE – about efforts by white conservatives to entrench power in the face of a massive demographic and political shift.

GIVE US THE BALLOT, named a 2015 best book by the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, the Boston Globe and Kirkus Reviews, was nominated for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. For the rest of his bio is here.

 

Community Book Club Discussion – September 13, 3:00-5:00 PM.

Also join in for a Community Book Club discussion on the book!

Register here for the webinar on September 13, 3:00-5:00 PM. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This event will be hosted by the Orange County Human Relations Commission.