Lecture Info:
Have we lost our commonly held point of departure for thinking about current events, science, health care, and culture? As a country we do not agree on the fundamentals so often not always journalists are under attack even before they embark on their reporting. How can journalists preserve the credibility they have and gain back ground? New York Times International Correspondent Alissa Rubin offers lessons drawn from Bernard Nossiter and recent history.
Speaker Bio:
Alissa Johannsen Rubin has been a foreign correspondent for more than 20 years in the Middle East, Afghanistan, France and the Balkans. For the past 14 years she has worked for The New York Times and before that she worked for the Los Angeles Times. She won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on Afghan women, the Michael Kelly Award for reporting in Afghanistan and Iraq and the 2015 John Chancellor Award. She has a BA in Renaissance Studies from Brown University and an M.A. in European History f
Written by Janet Crystal
Wilton Library June 2021 Virtual Activities
Tuesdays, June 1 through June 22 Virtual Intermediate Chess Club, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Kids in kindergarten through high school continue with their virtual chess class. Registration filled. Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton; www.wiltonlibrary.org; 203-762-3950.
Tuesday, June 1 Author Talk: Caseen Gaines - Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way, 7 – 8 p.m. Footnotes is the triumphant story of the all-Black Broadway musical that changed the world forever. Author and pop culture expert Caseen Gaines leads readers through the glitz and glamour of New York City during the Roaring Twenties to reveal the revolutionary impact one show had on generations of Americans, and how its legacy continues to resonate today. Footnotes is the story of how Sissle and Blake, along with comedians Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles, overcame poverty, racism, and violence to harne
What: Each year the Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley hosts a Women In Service luncheon honoring outstanding women volunteers throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. They celebrate the contributions each dynamic volunteer makes to their non profit organization that share Zonta’s mission.
The “36th Annual Women in Service Celebration” will be held via Zoom on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:00 am. Join them in honoring 17 amazing women who have worked to improve the lives of women and girls in Santa Clarita Valley. These dynamic volunteers are nominated by non-profit organizations that share the Zonta mission.
Michelle Dorsey Benefit At Firehouse Subs By Girl Scout Troop 70842
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Anti-Racist Theory and Action around the Globe presents Ghyslain Vedeux, who will discuss the shared history of racism in the US and France and challenge the myth of difference between two countries. He will also unpack normalized, symbolic, and structural racism in France, and what CRAN has done to address different forms of racism from police violence to discrimination in employment, education, and healthcare.
Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Security and Global Affairs.
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