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• Book Club Meeting

  • When
    12 Feb 2020
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    10:15 AM
  • Location
    Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave., St. Paul, MN 55119; 3M Room

  The LWV St. Paul book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10:15 am at the Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave. 55119. All are welcome to attend regardless of whether they have read the book that month. Please join us if you're interested!

  February's book is The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America by Daniel Okrent. Daniel Okrent has taken a largely forgotten epoch in American history and brilliantly brought it back to life. Okrent’s book tells the story of the immigration battles of the early twentieth century in a way that’s both fascinating on its own terms, but also, relevant to today’s news. Joan D. will lead discussion.
  

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• What Do YOU Know About Elections and Cyber Security?

  • When
    18 Feb 2020
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Summit Brewing Rathskellar | 910 Montreal Circle, St. Paul, MN 55102

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  Join us to learn about cyber security and threats to our elections from both a local and state perspective.  Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon will lead this discussion with Ramsey County Elections Manager Dave Triplett.

  WHEN | Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  WHERE | Summit Brewing Rathskellar,910 Montreal Circle, St. Paul, MN 55102

  COST | This event is free!

  REGISTRATION | Registration is not required but it is appreciated.

  This program is the third in an LWVSP series designed to inform the local voting public on issues relevant to our city and its residents.
  

  
  

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• Book Club Meeting

  • When
    11 Mar 2020
  •  
    10:15 AM
  • Location
    Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave., St. Paul, MN 55119; 3M Room

  The LWV St. Paul book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10:15 am at the Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave. 55119. All are welcome to attend regardless of whether they have read the book that month. Please join us if you're interested!

  March's book is Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne. The first story traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Cheryl P. will lead discussion.
  

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• Book Club Meeting

  • When
    08 Apr 2020
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    10:15 AM
  • Location
    Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave., St. Paul, MN 55119; 3M Room

  The LWV St. Paul book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10:15 am at the Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave. 55119. All are welcome to attend regardless of whether they have read the book that month. Please join us if you're interested!

  April's book is Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin. Abdi loved the U.S. so much he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006 Abdi was eventually forced to flee to Kenya. He won entrance to the U.S.  though his route to America did not come easily. Now a proud resident of Maine, his dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life. Cheryl P. will lead discussion.
  

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• Book Club Meeting

  • When
    13 May 2020
  •  
    10:15 AM
  • Location
    Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave., St. Paul, MN 55119; 3M Room

  The LWV St. Paul book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10:15 am at the Sun Ray Library, 2105 Wilson Ave. 55119. All are welcome to attend regardless of whether they have read the book that month. Please join us if you're interested!

  May's book is The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis. Lewis takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders through willful ignorance. In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The Commerce Department may not have enough staff to conduct the 2020 Census properly. Over at Energy, where international nuclear risk is managed, it's not clear there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists do. Claudia D. will lead discussion. 
  

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