APRIL 27TH 5:00-6:30 PST | 7:00-8:30 CST | 8:00-9:30 EST
Join us for an intimate virtual conversation celebrating child care activist and MacArthur Genius Award winner Sophia Bracy Harris on her powerful memoir, Finding My Own Way: A Journey to Wholeness Against the Odds.
Listen as Sophia shares her incredible journey to wholeness with Surina Khan, CEO of Women’s Foundation California, on her life, the impact of her work and the lessons she’s learned. With special guest, lawyer and activist, Bryan Stevenson.
The conversation will delve into Sophia’s powerful work and legacy from her experience growing up as a Black girl in Elmore County Alabama to her dedication to children of Alabama as the director of Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama (FOCAL).
Buy a Book | Give a Book
Get your copy of Finding My Own Way before the virtual event and we’ll give a book to a community organization.
*The first 20 people to buy the book AND register for the event will receive a FREE mug on us to help feed your feminist soul*
A special thanks to our host committee:
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- Mary Lassen
Former Managing Director of Community Change - Joan Abrahamson
Jefferson Institute - Surina Khan
CEO at Women’s Foundation California - Phyllida Burlingame
ACLU of Northern California - Kit Miller
Orchard House Foundation - Alex Burger
Filmmaker and former FOCAL staffer - Lara Mendel
Co-founder & Executive Director at The Mosaic Project - Melanie Bridgeforth
Women’s Foundation of Alabama - Darlene Nipper
Rockwood Leadership Institute - Ellen Friedman
former Executive Director, Compton Foundation - Steven Pitts
Black Work Talk - Mary Ignatius
Parent Voices - Arlene Holt Baker
Chair, Community Change - Marty Makower
Activist & retired community development lawyer - Joe Keffer
Activist & retired union organizer
- Mary Lassen