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MAY 2017 PREVIEW

COGNOTES

'Vulnerability'
Expert, Brené
Brown to
Speak Sunday

Brené Brown

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'

(Photo by Danny Clark)

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

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.

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

education and 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," said award-winning television
and film actor, producer, designer, library
supporter, and avid reader Sarah Jessica Parker.
During the President's Program at the
2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
on Saturday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m., Parker will
unveil her first title selection as part of the
official launch of ALA Book Club Central,
for which she will serve as Honorary Chair.
Book Club Central - created in partnership
with the 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 said, "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.

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).
Note: This President's Program will take
place on Saturday rather than Sunday at the
2017 Annual Conference.
Get details and add to your schedule now.

NEW! The Park And The Playground @ ALA
The Park @ ALA
A new feature of the exhibit hall, The
Park is a great place to take a break from
the miles of aisles. Enjoy a little green
(carpet) space and check out the Haley
Tricycle Book Bike or build a little at the
Kaboom! Rigamajig area. Need a quieter
spot with some soothing sounds, have a
seat under one of the Tranquility Domes.
The Park @ ALA is located in the center

of the exhibit hall with the food court above.
The Playground @ ALA
This new interactive area will give you the
chance to "play" with future-focused technologies arriving in libraries today and tomorrow. The Playground will showcase a wide
range of hands-on opportunities including
a maker space, virtual and augmented reality demo zone, coding for all ages, drone

piloting, 3D printing in various formats,
robotics and more. The Playground is
located in the middle of the exhibit hall
behind The Park.
Looking for an easy community service
contribution....the Playground will also
feature a Little Free Library construction
area, Better World Books distribution center and the ALA Staff Association will host
a blood drive with LifeSource Chicago.

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