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JUNE 2017 PREVIEW

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Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Author of How
Dare the Sun Rise, to Speak in Chicago

remarkable story will be shared
when Sandra Uwiringiyimana,
originally from the Democratic
Republic of Congo, appears as an Auditorium Speaker on Saturday, June 24 at the
ALA Annual Conference.
Uwiringiyimana was just 10 years old
when she found herself with a gun pointed
at her head. She had watched as rebels
gunned down her mother and six-year-old
sister in a refugee camp. Remarkably, the
rebel didn't pull the trigger and she escaped.
She tells her story in the memoir How Dare
the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child, and
will talk with attendees about her survival,
about finding her place in a new country,
her hope for the future, and how she found
a way to give voice to her people.
Since her family's resettlement to the
United States in 2007 through a United
Nations refugee program, Uwiringiyimana
has fought hard to raise awareness and calls
for justice for the Gatumba massacre and
other human rights abuses in the region.
She is passionate about girls' education and

Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Auditorium Speaker Series
Saturday 6/24, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
MCP - W375b/Skyline Ballroom

ending child marriage, and has become a
voice for women and girls, refugees and
immigrants, and forgotten people like
the Banyamulenge Tribe. Now a student
at Mercy College in New York City, she
is the co-founder and Director of Partnerships & Communications at Jimbere Fund
(jimberefund.org). In telling her story, she
has shared the world stage with Charlie
Rose, Angelina Jolie, former Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright, and Tina Brown
at the Women in the World Summit. She
addressed the United Nations Security
Council to plead with world leaders to
act on the pressing issue of children in
armed conflict.
Her appearance is sponsored by HarperCollins Children's Books (booth #3511).
Get details and add to your schedule
now.

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Sarah Jessica Parker Unveils First Book Club
Central Pick at ALA President's Program

rom an early age, books were my
constant companions and my local
library a place I could find a new
friend on every shelf," says award-winning
television and film actor, producer, designer,
library supporter and avid reader Sarah Jessica Parker.
During the 2017 President's Program, as
part of the official launch of ALA Book Club
Central for which she will serve as Honorary
Chair, Parker will unveil her first title selection
and introduce the guest author who will join
her on stage. Book Club Central - created
in partnership with ALA's Booklist (booth
#3217) and United for Libraries - is an online platform of reading resources, including
recommendations, expert book lists and other
content for book clubs and their readers.
As host of the President's Program and
initiator of Book Club Central, ALA President
Julie Todaro says, "The ALA is lucky to be able
to share Ms. Parker's passion and expertise
with book clubs and readers everywhere."
Parker's role will include providing a selection
of recommended titles throughout the year,
and she says she is "thrilled to help champion
original voices for dedicated readers as well as

Sarah Jessica Parker
ALA President's Program
Saturday 6/24, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
MCP - W375b/Skyline Ballroom

Sarah Jessica Parker

for a new generation, supporting libraries in
what they do best."
In another literary venture, Parker recently
launched SJP for Hogarth with Molly Stern,
Senior Vice President and Publisher of Crown,
Hogarth, Broadway, Crown Archetype, and

Three Rivers Press (booth #3711). SJP for
Hogarth will selectively publish high-quality
works of fiction by both established writers
and distinctive emerging voices with critical
and commercial promise.
Parker, an Emmy-, Golden Globe-, and
Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor, is
the star and executive producer of the HBO
series "Divorce," and is well known for her
leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and
the City." She currently serves as the vicechairman of the board of directors for the New
York City ballet, and was elected in 2009 by
the Obama administration to be a member
of the President's Committee on the Arts
and the Humanities. Her appearance at the
conference is sponsored by Penguin Random
House (booth #3711).
Get details and add to your schedule now.
Note: This President's Program will take place
on Saturday rather than Sunday at the 2017
Annual Conference.

The 2017 Annual Conference Mobile App

xperience easy access to all of the scheduled sessions and fun activities with the multi-functional
2017 Annual Conference Mobile App.
You'll be able to:
create a personal schedule by starring your planned
activities
draw on presentation slides, highlight text, and
take notes
message other app users
view exhibitor information
receive meeting alerts and updates

access supplementary resources
and more!
The 2017 ALA Annual Mobile App is available
in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play
Store. Search using: "ALA Annual."
Also see: A Guide to Downloading the 2017
Annual Mobile App. Note: Ideally, you'll want to
install the mobile app and download presentations
before your arrival at the event. This will require
internet access.

COGNOTES

'Vulnerability'
Expert, Brené
Brown to
Speak Sunday

Brené Brown

(Photo by Danny Clark)

Dr. Brené Brown
Auditorium Speakers Series
Sunday 6/25, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
MCP - W375b/Skyline Ballroom

r. Brené Brown has spent the
past 15 years studying courage,
vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of three #1 New York
Times bestsellers - The Gifts of Imperfection,
Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong. With
over 25 million views, her TED talk, "The
Power of Vulnerability," is one of the top
five most viewed TED talks in the world.
She has also appeared on Oprah's "Super
Soul Sunday," "Super Soul Sessions," and
in Oprah magazine. Her session will take
place on Sunday, June 25, 8:30 - 9:30
a.m., at the Annual Conference.
Brown's reputation as a speaker is built
on her ability to explore difficult topics with
tremendous honesty, warmth, and humor.
She is a thought-leader, researcher, and storyteller with the rare ability to both inspire
audiences and leave them with actionable
change strategies. As she says, "you either
walk inside your story and own it, or you
stand outside your story and hustle for your
worthiness."
Brown is the Founder and CEO of both
COURAGEworks - an online learning
platform that offers classes for individuals
and families on braver living and loving,
and BRAVE LEADERS INC - an organization dedicated to providing couragebuilding programs for leaders at every level
of an organization. In 2016, the Huffington
Foundation endowed a new chair at The
University of Houston Graduate College of
Social Work to honor the research professor. The Huffington Foundation Endowed
Chair provides annual resources for Brown's
research to attract world-class students
pursuing training in Grounded Theory
methodology and increase the impact of
her work as more students are trained in
her research on vulnerability, shame, courage and empathy.
Brown's appearance at the conference
is sponsored by Penguin Random House
(booth #3711).
Get details and add to your schedule now.

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