An in depth speaker series highlighting notable voices from the Sacramento community and beyond
Join us for this free speaker series for thoughtful conversations on topics that matter to our community. No advance registration is required for these live, in-person events.
Jodi Kantor: Enters the Chat - October 8 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
Experience an exclusive evening when Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor Enters the Chat. Best-selling author and prize-winning investigative reporter Kantor's work reveals hidden truths about power, law, gender, technology, and culture.
No matter the story, Kantor’s mission is the same: to build people’s confidence in telling the truth, scrutinize the powerful, reflect the complexity and nuance of real life, protect sources, make fair, independent assessments, and pursue stories that others assume can’t be told. The discussion will delve into misinformation, resilience, and truth, offering a deeper understanding of the work behind the headlines. Come learn from the author of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.
Over the years, her reporting has led to a now-ubiquitous invention that helps new mothers; paternity leave for workers at Amazon, the second-largest U.S. employer; and a global reckoning that shifted legal, corporate, and social standards for treatment of women.
For the past two years, she has been working to shed light on one of our most critical, powerful, and least-understood institutions: the Supreme Court. Together with her New York Times colleagues, Kantor revealed the behind-the-scenes story of how the justices overturned the constitutional right to abortion, problems with the investigation into the leak of that opinion, and a secret influence effort by anti-abortion activists and another alleged breach. In the spring of 2024, Kantor broke the news of two provocative flags, associated with efforts to overturn the 2020 election, displayed at the homes of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Her work raised widespread public concern and renewed calls from lawmakers to address ethical standards at the court.
Previously of Enters the Chat
Barbara Rae-Venter: Entered the Chat
Author Barbara Rae-Venter comes to Sacramento and Enters the Chat to talk all about her book,
I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever.
Illyanna Maisonet: Entered the Chat
Illyanna Maisonet discussed her book,
Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook. Described as a “delicious journey through purpose, place, and the power of food” Diasporican is a visual record of Puerto Rican food, ingredients, and techniques.
Christian Cooper: Entered the Chat
Christian Cooper joined us for a conversation all about his debut memoir, the NY Times best-selling book,
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World.
Gabby Rivera: Entered the Chat
Gabby Rivera dropped by Sacramento Public Library to talk all about her impressive work like her debut novel
Juliet Takes a Breath and
the solo Marvel comics series
AMERICA about America Chavez, a portal-punching queer Latina powerhouse.
TJ Klune: Entered the Chat
Bestselling author TJ Klune was in conversation with the Big Gay Fiction Podcast to chat about publishing, writing, queer identity, book-banning, being neurodiverse, and the upcoming sequel to
The House in the Cerulean Sea.
It's not too late to join the conversation... watch previous Enters the Chat guests like Ear Hustle, Paul Holes, Ann Bannon and more on YouTube.