SHAUN KING presents MAKE CHANGE: HOW TO FIGHT INJUSTICE,
DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE
Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 7pm PST
Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future.
** PLEASE NOTE **
> This event will be virtual and free of charge, but an RSVP is required. We will email connection information to everyone who has RSVP'd. Please save the date and join us!
> Order here to have the book delivered to your door.
As a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. In Make Change, King offers an inspiring look at the moments that have shaped his life and considers the ways social movements can grow and evolve in this hyper-connected era. He shares stories from his efforts leading the Raise the Age campaign and his work fighting police brutality, while providing a roadmap for how to stay sane, safe, and motivated even in the worst of political climates. By turns infuriating, inspiring, and educational, Make Change will resonate with those who believe that America can -- and must -- do better.
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Shaun King was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most important people in the world online. He covers civil rights issues for the Intercept and is writer-in-residence at the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. Previously, King served as a pastor, teacher, and full time motivational speaker in Atlanta’s juvenile justice system. In 2019, King launched the media platform The North Star, which has hundreds of thousands of members and subscribers. His podcast The Breakdown has remained one of the most popular news and politics category on Apple with over 100k subscribers. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.
Please note:
This is a free, all-ages, virtual event that begins at 7pm PST. Duration of event is subject to author's preference.
DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE
Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 7pm PST
Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future.
** PLEASE NOTE **
> This event will be virtual and free of charge, but an RSVP is required. We will email connection information to everyone who has RSVP'd. Please save the date and join us!
> Order here to have the book delivered to your door.
As a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. In Make Change, King offers an inspiring look at the moments that have shaped his life and considers the ways social movements can grow and evolve in this hyper-connected era. He shares stories from his efforts leading the Raise the Age campaign and his work fighting police brutality, while providing a roadmap for how to stay sane, safe, and motivated even in the worst of political climates. By turns infuriating, inspiring, and educational, Make Change will resonate with those who believe that America can -- and must -- do better.
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Shaun King was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most important people in the world online. He covers civil rights issues for the Intercept and is writer-in-residence at the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. Previously, King served as a pastor, teacher, and full time motivational speaker in Atlanta’s juvenile justice system. In 2019, King launched the media platform The North Star, which has hundreds of thousands of members and subscribers. His podcast The Breakdown has remained one of the most popular news and politics category on Apple with over 100k subscribers. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.
Please note:
This is a free, all-ages, virtual event that begins at 7pm PST. Duration of event is subject to author's preference.
CORY DOCTOROW presents ATTACK SURFACE
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 6pm PST
Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts Cory Doctorow for his new book Attack Surface, a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland. Please save the date and join us!
** PLEASE NOTE **
> This event will be virtual and free of charge, but an RSVP is required. We will email connection information to everyone who has RSVP'd.
> Order here to have the book delivered to your door.
Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.
In her day job as a counterterrorism wizard for an transnational cybersecurity firm, she made the hacks that allowed repressive regimes to spy on dissidents, and manipulate their every move. The perks were fantastic, and the pay was obscene.
Just for fun, and to piss off her masters, Masha sometimes used her mad skills to help those same troublemakers evade detection, if their cause was just. It was a dangerous game and a hell of a rush. But seriously self-destructive. And unsustainable.
When her targets were strangers in faraway police states, it was easy to compartmentalize, to ignore the collateral damage of murder, rape, and torture. But when it hits close to home, and the hacks and exploits she’s devised are directed at her friends and family -- including boy wonder Marcus Yallow, her old crush and archrival, and his entourage of naïve idealists -- Masha realizes she has to choose.
And whatever choice she makes, someone is going to get hurt.
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Cory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus, and many other publications. His award-winning novel Little Brother was a New York Times bestseller, as is its sequel, Homeland. His novella collection Radicalized was a CBC Best Fiction of 2019 selection. Born and raised in Canada, he lives with his family in Los Angeles.
Please note:
This is a free, all-ages, virtual event that begins at 6pm PST. Duration of event is subject to author's preference.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 6pm PST
Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts Cory Doctorow for his new book Attack Surface, a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland. Please save the date and join us!
** PLEASE NOTE **
> This event will be virtual and free of charge, but an RSVP is required. We will email connection information to everyone who has RSVP'd.
> Order here to have the book delivered to your door.
Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.
In her day job as a counterterrorism wizard for an transnational cybersecurity firm, she made the hacks that allowed repressive regimes to spy on dissidents, and manipulate their every move. The perks were fantastic, and the pay was obscene.
Just for fun, and to piss off her masters, Masha sometimes used her mad skills to help those same troublemakers evade detection, if their cause was just. It was a dangerous game and a hell of a rush. But seriously self-destructive. And unsustainable.
When her targets were strangers in faraway police states, it was easy to compartmentalize, to ignore the collateral damage of murder, rape, and torture. But when it hits close to home, and the hacks and exploits she’s devised are directed at her friends and family -- including boy wonder Marcus Yallow, her old crush and archrival, and his entourage of naïve idealists -- Masha realizes she has to choose.
And whatever choice she makes, someone is going to get hurt.
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Cory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus, and many other publications. His award-winning novel Little Brother was a New York Times bestseller, as is its sequel, Homeland. His novella collection Radicalized was a CBC Best Fiction of 2019 selection. Born and raised in Canada, he lives with his family in Los Angeles.
Please note:
This is a free, all-ages, virtual event that begins at 6pm PST. Duration of event is subject to author's preference.
Enjoy our event with Rebecca Solnit and Jeff Chang, courtesy of C-SPAN:
[The Mother of All Questions]
Rebecca Solnit examines how women have been silenced and the changes occurring within the feminist movement today. She speaks with with author Jeff Chang.