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SUMMARY:Book Tours: An Evening with Chris Smalls
DESCRIPTION:What can the history of the labor movement teach us about work\, power\, and collective change? \nJoin the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for a conversation with Chris Smalls about his new book\, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class. The book offers a firsthand account of one of the most closely watched labor campaigns in recent history\, exploring the challenges\, strategies\, and experiences that shaped the effort. \nIn conversation with Anita Durkin\, Unit Chair of the Stowe Center’s union\, Smalls will reflect on the history and evolution of labor organizing in the United States\, the role of workers in shaping social and economic change\, and the contemporary significance of these movements. \nThrough discussion of the book and the broader history it engages\, this program invites audiences to consider how stories of labor\, activism\, and collective action continue to inform public conversations about work and democracy today. \nRegister to Attend in Person                Register to Attend Virtually\n \nAbout the Speakers\nChris Smalls\, Photo taken by Kennedi Carter \nAnita Durkin \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nChris Smalls\nChris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Under his leadership\, the ALU successfully unionized an Amazon warehouse: a historic victory for workers’ rights in America. A Fortune “40 Under 40” honoree\, he was named to the Time 100 list of the most influential people of 2022\, alongside his fellow union organizer Derrick Palmer. When the Revolution Comes is his first book. \nAnita Durkin\nAnita Durkin is the Unit Chair of the Stowe Center for Literary Activism union\, UAW Local 2110. She holds a PhD in American Literature from the University of Rochester.
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LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ibram X. Kendi: Chain of Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Presented in collaboration with the Mark Twain House & Museum  \nJoin us for an evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi\, National Book Award–winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist\, as he discusses his powerful new book\, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age. \nIn Chain of Ideas\, Kendi traces how “great replacement theory” and related conspiracies have evolved over centuries — moving from fringe paranoia to mainstream political rhetoric. With clarity and insight\, he reveals how these ideas have shaped modern fears\, fueled extremist movements\, and threatened democracy itself. Blending history\, analysis\, and urgent storytelling\, Kendi challenges audiences to confront the forces undermining equality and justice — and to imagine a freer\, more democratic future. \nREGISTER HERE! \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n \nIbram X. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and antiracist scholars. He is the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study and the author of several acclaimed books\, including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (winner of the National Book Award) and How to Be an Antiracist. \nNamed one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world\, Kendi has received the MacArthur Fellowship and numerous other honors for his work examining racism and inequality in America and beyond. \n\nTICKETS\n$45 Bundled Ticket (Book & General Admission) \n$15 General Admission
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/ibram-x-kendi-chain-of-ideas/
LOCATION:Immanuel Congregational Church\, 10 Woodland Street\, Hartford\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Tours: An Evening with Clay Cane
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning journalist\, writer\, radio host\, and political analyst Clay Cane will discuss his new novel Burn Down Master’s House. In the face of a political cycle that seeks to silence and erase\, Burn Down Master’s House is a rallying cry\, a reminder of the power of defiance\, and a testament to the enduring spirit of resistance. Readers will be enthralled by Cane’s immersive storytelling as he tackles themes of race\, class\, sexuality\, power\, and freedom.  \nRegister to Attend in Person                Register to Attend Virtually\n \nAbout the Facilitators\nClay Cane\, Author \nNachum Levitan\, Moderator \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nClay Cane\nCane is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist\, radio host\, and political analyst. More than 3 million listeners tune into The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM each week\, his commentary is heard on television networks such as ABC\, MSNBC\, FOX and CNN\, and his work has been featured in The Washington Post\, CNN.com\, and BET. He is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult\, Live Through This\, and Burn Down Master’s House. A graduate of Rutgers University\, Phi Beta Kappa\, with a B.A. in English and African American Studies\, he lives outside of New York City. \nNachum Levitan \nNachum Levitan is the Programs and Visitor Center Coordinator at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism. He holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Rochester.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/book-tours-an-evening-with-clay-cane/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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