Max Bearak-Winner and Washington Post Nairobi Bureau Chief
2018 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism
Max Bearak, Washington Post Nairobi bureau chief, received the 2018 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his reporting from sub-Saharan Africa. His stories from Congo, Niger and Zimbabwe chronicled a wide range of extreme events including ongoing, extensive reporting on the Ebola epidemic.
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How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things
Kate Williams
New York Times bestselling ghostwriter who has authored seven uncredited books in addition to four young adult novels
Jennifer Mathieu
Critically acclaimed author of seven novels for young adults
May 21 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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ZOOM EVENT! BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Eve L. Ewing, Ed.D.
Writer, cultural organizer, and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago
Ta-Nehisi Coates
National Book Award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow
May 22 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ON ZOOM