Re: Fw: Joy-Ann Reid (MSNBC's The ReidOut) at the Smithwick (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I assume we're declining this invitation?

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 17:24:53 -0800 (PST)
 >
 >  > From: "Heather L. Howard" <http://www.stanford.edu/~hlhoward>
 >  > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 21:18:17 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > any interest?
 >  > 
 >  > Heather L. Howard,  Ph.D.
 >  > Lecturer, French
 >  > Stanford Language Center
 >  > Office:  Bldg. 240, Rm. 109
 >  > Office hours:  by appointment
 >  > ________________________________
 >  > From: Kepler's Literary Foundation <http://www.keplers.org/~events>
 >  > Sent: 09 January 2024 12:20
 >  > To: Heather L. Howard <http://www.stanford.edu/~hlhoward>
 >  > Subject: Joy-Ann Reid (MSNBC's The ReidOut) at the Smithwick
 >  > 
 >  > Exploring the legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers
 >  > [
 >  > https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=7d4aa8ec-962f-4545-913c-c79afcbba4a4&a=1101752270978&c=58768d10-6d91-11e8-bba4-d4ae52844372&ch=58969830-6d91-11e8-bbad-d4ae52844372
 >  > ]
 >  > Reading this on your phone? Click here to view as webpage<
 >  > https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016XM6S-bT-DqGOHu_AxnQdWao3CwBshMHVOm5XlVXwUFeUxt1pARyO20-TG5GHUaeI4p3EFTJqf3Raatl2r4OcdvpdpDEz2yFIAjinyknWQEu41U-2w7XlnQ1iFHmWEv2HRY4DPUM5jVwT80ZizqbHQ==&c=fn7rjOwBQyJ6ZTABX14vH_hzwH7_X5Y2moIJN7VrcFlPaftClmxVRA==&ch=2LnjU1r6Npet54s_HCbNEEJ1MhsSi6y84KVWlDrxYTmH09GKMDiXHA==
 >  > >
 >  > 
 >  > This Is Now: Joy-Ann Reid
 >  > 
 >  > Friday, February 16 - 7:00 PM
 >  > 
 >  > Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College
 >  > 
 >  > Dear Reader,
 >  > 
 >  > In her newest book, MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid traces the extraordinary lives 
 >  > and legacies of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers, situating Medgar 
 >  > Evers’s assassination as a catalyzing moment in American history.
 >  > 
 >  > Medgar Evers and Myrlie Louise Beasley fell in love at first sight. Medgar 
 >  > became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged 
 >  > with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to Black 
 >  > voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar’s secretary and 
 >  > confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against 
 >  > segregation, lynching, and violence.
 >  > 
 >  > TICKETS
 >  > https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016XM6S-bT-DqGOHu_AxnQdWao3CwBshMHVOm5XlVXwUFeUxt1pARyO20-TG5GHUaeTIzsmSJ-q_Twsrtiu-MR2KQdCPbFdtY8ydQs5wHSYSvXmosynYmDF7Gl64rZf0D5Pl6EiHQ9Wx6UZvHfC3nBzqMfE9PWTJmOYR1w1RT8Bp-1hIHjVGLT1EoN5KnqiSlURr1-ZshD8NpT4c6SGM0QKjZyqe-OP0Me7CGJD38hLnY=&c=fn7rjOwBQyJ6ZTABX14vH_hzwH7_X5Y2moIJN7VrcFlPaftClmxVRA==&ch=2LnjU1r6Npet54s_HCbNEEJ1MhsSi6y84KVWlDrxYTmH09GKMDiXHA==
 >  > 
 >  > They refused to be deterred by violent threats and acts carried out against 
 >  > them, including the firebombing of their home. On June 12, 1963, Medgar 
 >  > Evers was gunned down in Jackson in a Klan-related assassination. In the 
 >  > wake of his death, Myrlie carried on their civil rights legacy, becoming an 
 >  > NAACP leader in her own right.
 >  > 
 >  > In Medgar & Myrlie, Reid uses the couple’s relationship as a lens for 
 >  > exploring the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for 
 >  > Black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.
 >  > 
 >  > About Joy-Ann Reid
 >  > 
 >  > Joy-Ann Reid is the host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut. Her books include The New 
 >  > York Times bestseller The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of 
 >  > the American Story. Reid previously hosted the weekend MSNBC show AM Joy. 
 >  > The former managing editor of The Grio, Reid has had columns appearing in 
 >  > The New York Times, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, New York, and The Daily 
 >  > Beast.
 >  > 
 >  > Please reserve your tickets now for what’s sure to be a fascinating and 
 >  > all-too-timely discussion.
 >  > 
 >  > Sincerely,
 >  > 
 >  > Kepler’s Literary Foundation
 >  >