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Opening Session Speaker – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. was born in 1954, the third of eleven children born to Robert F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy, Jr. was 14 years old when his father was assassinated in 1968. I was a junior in high school that year. I woke that day and wondered how we could endure any more pain. JFK [...]
Libraries beyond Portland
Before the rain returned, we managed to see some of Oregon’s natural beauty on a drive out to the coast. After an hour and a half of windy mountain roads, we came to Tillamook, where the GPS kept telling us to turn left. We did, and the next thing we knew, there we were at [...]
Yakkety Yak
Others have already given great overviews of the opening session with John Wood, so I won’t go into that. I did want to share some of my personal gleanings that I plan to share with my library. Much of what he says can translate into how we can/could/should ? serve the poor in our local [...]
First Day for a First Timer (part 2)
Wow. I’m impressed! I didn’t think I would be, but the keynote speaker at the opening session, John Wood, impressed the heck out of me. He was a fantastic and engaging speaker, and with a cause like Room to Read under his belt, his presentation ended up being a truly brilliant 90 minutes. And even [...]
