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Reading Across Rhode Island Kick-Off
January 29, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$15
Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s only One Book, One State community read program kicks off its 15th year by inviting everyone to join in the reading of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
Readers are invited to join Reading Across Rhode Island Honorary Chairs Judges Judith Colenback Savage and Edward C. Clifton, both retired trial justices of the Rhode Island Superior Court and Distinguished Jurists in Residence at Roger Williams University School of Law as they lead an engaging panel discussion on the book’s themes of proximity, understanding, and justice.
Panelists include:
Tara Allen, Rhode Island Assistant Federal Public Defender
Noah Kilroy, Esq., Kilroy Delgado Law Group
Anthony Roberson, Detective, Providence Police Department
Erlin Rogel, Teacher, Gilbert Stuart Middle School
Jordan Seaberry, Director for Public Policy and Advocacy, Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
Julia Steiny, Founder and Director, Youth Restoration Project
The kick-off event will give book group leaders an introduction to resources and materials provided through Reading Across Rhode Island to catalyze interesting discussions. Purchase your ticket today.
2017 Reading Across Rhode Island programs are generously supported by the Humanities and the Legacy of Race and Ethnicity in the United States grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Additional support comes from our generous sponsors and partners:
Barton Gilman, LLP. Attorneys at Law
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Rhode Island Library Association
Office of Library and Information Services
Roger Williams University
School Librarians of Rhode Island
Savoy Bookshop & Café
Barrington Books