Malibu Library Speaker Series

Call to the Wall, Changing of the Verse

Join the Malibu Library, City of Malibu Cultural Arts Commission and Malibu Poet Laureate Committee at Call to the Wall, Changing of the Verse.  Malibu’s first Poet Laureate, Ricardo Means-Ybarra, will introduce the City’s next Poet Laureate who will influence, engage and promote the arts through 2021.  Poetry will be read by both Poet Laureates, Malibu student poets and special guest, Cecilia Woloch, an internationally recognized poet who has won multiple awards for her work.  Call to the Wall will also include children’s artwork influenced by Malibu artist, Ako Eyong, and a live musical performance by DEPAK. Meet the artists and poets afterward at a free reception.

4:00 PM – Poetry, Music and Art 
5:00 PM – Reception  

UPDATE:  TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT.

ATTENDANCE ONLY IN THE EVENT OF NO SHOWS AT THE DOOR.

Stacey Abrams narrowly lost Georgia’s gubernatorial race in November, in a race against a GOP opponent who was Georgia’s Secretary of State who engaged in outrageous voter suppression tactics.  Before Election Day, his office put 53,000 voter registrations on hold, almost 70 percent of which were submitted by black voters.  That is still being battled out in the courts.

Abrams, a superstar in Democratic Georgia politics, is now one of the most influential Democrats in the South.  While she lost the recent election, her political career is far from over.

Abrams is a  politician, lawyer and novelist who served as Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.^[1] A member of the Democratic Party,  Abrams was the first black female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the history of the United States.^[2]

In 1995, Abrams earned her Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (Political Science, Economics and Sociology) from Spelman College, magna cum laude.  As a Harry S. Truman Scholar, Abrams studied public policy at the University of Texas at Austin‘s LBJ School of Public Affairs and earned a Master of Public Affairsdegree in 1998. In 1999, she earned a law degree from Yale Law School.^[1

In her new book, Minority Leader, Stacey Abrams sets out to prove that if you’re determined to make a difference, race, age and gender wont hinder your efforts. Stacey Abrams showed the country that being an outlier or an outsider was not a deterrence in her many successes. Rather, it is her sheer force of will and confidence in her message that beats the most daunting odds. This is what she showed in her gubernatorial race, and she never wavered from her demand that our elections be fair and just.

This event is likely to sell out, and your tickets will be mailed to you in advance, so you should sign up as soon as you can.   If you do not receive your ticket(s) in the mail, please contact Brown Paper Tickets at support@brownpapertickets.com.

Refund Policy:  Writers Bloc Presents  only refunds orders is if there has been a significant change made to an event, and we have announced that refunds are available. We cannot offer any refunds or exchanges due to scheduling conflicts, illness or other personal issues.

Parking is available in adjacent lots or there is street parking (please read signs).

Sunday, March 24, 2019, 4:00pm. Ticket with book, $35. Buy tickets here. At The Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 West 8th Street Los Angeles, CA 90005. 

Caltrans will host a community outreach meeting at Malibu City Hall on Tuesday, March 26 at 5:30 PM to discuss its Pedestrian Signal Project at 25653 Pacific Coast Hwy (PCH), in Malibu. The community is welcomed to learn more about the pedestrian signal and ask Caltrans representatives questions about the project. Caltrans proposes the pedestrian hybrid signal, which would only be activated when a pedestrian pushes the button, to increase safety for both pedestrians and motorists at the location near Malibu Seafood and Corral Canyon Beach where beachgoers commonly cross PCH.

“Addicted: The Opioid Crisis in our Backyard”

“Hot Topic Speaker Series”

of the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club

Speakers:

• Dr. Albert Pacheco, President and Chief Executive Officer at Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles
• an LAPD representative (TBA)  

We take a close look at how the opioid epidemic is affecting our own city, including discussion of California’s Hub and Spoke Initiative. The Initiative is funded by the state to increase access and availability of medication-assisted treatment options throughout California.

NO RSVP NEEDED • PARKING IN LOT AND ON STREET • LIGHT REFRESHMENTS • ACCESSIBLE

($5 suggested, or whatever you see fit) to help us  defray costs if you like.

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Online donations only.  We can’t accept donations at the library!

NO RSVP NEEDED • PARKING IN LOT AND ON STREET • LIGHT REFRESHMENTS • ACCESSIBLE

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30pm. Ticket with book, $42. Buy tickets here. At the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City. 4401 Elenda St. Culver City, CA 90230. Your ticket(s) will be mailed to you by Brown Paper Tickets.

EACH TICKET INCLUDES ONE COPY OF PREET BHARARA’S BOOK. ALL BOOKS MUST BE PICKED UP AT THE EVENT. WE DO NOT MAIL OR HOLD BOOKS.

Writers Bloc and the Beverly Hills Bar Association* present Preet Bharara, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York

How do we achieve truth and justice in the courts and in our daily lives? How can we exercise our better and best judgment?

Shortly after his inauguration in 2017, President Trump fired Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, after Bharara refused former Attorney Jeff Sessions’ request that he and 45 other US Attorneys resign. Bharara was widely known as one of the most aggressive prosecutors in the country, going after public corruption, terrorism, drug lords, financial industry crimes, organized crime and more. He was also party-blind in his prosecutions: once Chief Legal Counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer, Bharara played no political favorites; he dogged Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office for financial improprieties. Bharara’s new book, Doing Justice, examines our legal system through case histories and personal stories, how and why it really works, and asks critical ethical questions in prosecuting crimes and in dealing with daily life. Preet Bharara’s podcast, Stay Tuned with Preet, is hugely popular, attracting hundreds of thousands of listeners per episode.

Moderator to be announced shortly.

*Note to attorneys:
MCLE CREDIT:  This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of ONE HOUR of Participatory Credit In Legal Ethics and the Beverly Hills Bar Association certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education. If you would like to receive MCLE credit, there will be an additional charge of $25.

Your ticket(s) will be mailed to the shipping address you listed. If you do not receive your ticket(s) in the mail, please contact Brown Paper Tickets at support@brownpapertickets.com.

Writers Bloc Presents can only refund orders is if there has been a significant change made to an event, and we have announced that refunds are available.  They  cannot offer any refunds or exchanges due to scheduling conflicts, illness or other personal issues.

IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION:

Please park only in the free designated lots that surround the facility:  Corner of Elenda and Farragut- south of the Robert Frost Auditorium. Between the Culver City Middle School and Farra gut Elementary

Huron- from Elenda, head west on Braddock. Entrance is on the south of Braddock.

Harter- from Elenda, head west on Braddock. Pass Huron and go south on Harter. Parking is on your left.

Overflow parking is located at Culver Blvd. and Elenda Street.