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SUMMARY:Saving Five - An Author Talk with Amanda Nguyen
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Amanda Nguyen and Weijia Jiang. .\nhttps:/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join the Library\, Vietnam Society\, and P
 olitics and Prose Bookstore for a conversation with Amanda Nguyen\, author
  of the new memoir Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope. In conversation with Wei
 jia Jiang\, Amanda will share from her moving journey toward acceptance an
 d hope.</p>\n<p>Books will be available for sale at the talk with pre-sign
 ed copies available.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<h4><strong>About the Book</stro
 ng></h4>\n<p>A brave and imaginative new memoir by Nobel Peace Prize Nomin
 ee\, Amanda Nguyen. In 2013\, the trajectory of Amanda Nguyen&rsquo\;s lif
 e was changed forever when she was raped at Harvard.</p>\n<p>Determined to
  not let her assault derail her goal of joining NASA after graduation\, Ng
 uyen opted for her rape kit to be filed under &ldquo\;Jane Doe.&rdquo\; Bu
 t she was shocked to learn her choice to stay anonymous gave her only six 
 months to take action before the state destroyed her kit\, rendering any f
 uture legal action impossible. Nguyen knew then that she had two options: 
 surrender to a law that effectively denied her justice\, or fight for a ch
 ange&mdash\;not only for herself but for survivors everywhere.</p>\n<p>A h
 eart-wrenching memoir of survival and hope\, Saving Five boldly braids the
  story of Nguyen&rsquo\;s activism&mdash\;which resulted in Congress&rsquo
 \;s unanimous passage of the Sexual Assault Survivors&rsquo\; Rights Act i
 n 2016&mdash\;with a second\, beautifully imagined adventure\, of Nguyen's
  younger selves as they&mdash\;at ages five\, fifteen\, twenty-two\, and t
 hirty&mdash\;navigate through dramatic incarnations of the emotional stage
 s of her path toward healing\, not only from her rape but from the violent
  turmoil of her childhood. The result is a groundbreaking work that seamle
 ssly blends memoir with a moving journey toward acceptance and hope\, forg
 ing a path ahead that is as inspiring as it is instructive.</p>\n<p>From o
 ne of the most influential activists (and now astronauts) of her time\, Sa
 ving Five is at once a tribute to resilience\, a celebration of healing th
 rough action\, and a resounding cry to change the world.</p>\n<h4><strong>
 About the Author</strong></h4>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fr
 ontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Amanda_Nguyen.jpg" width="100" height="125"
  alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Amanda Nguyen 
 is an activist and astronaut. She will become the first Vietnamese woman t
 o go to space when she flies on an upcoming Blue Origin launch on the New 
 Shepard rocket. Amanda's activism focuses on the intersection of race and 
 gender. She ignited the Stop Asian Hate movement and passed sexual assault
  survivor rights in the United States and United Nations through her work 
 at Rise. For her work she was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and
  is a 2022 TIME Woman of the Year.&nbsp\;<br /><br /></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p
 >\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<h5>About the Conversation Partner</h5>\n<p><im
 g src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Weijia_
 Jiang_Headshot.jpg" alt="Weijia Jiang headshot" width="100" height="150" s
 tyle="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Weijia Jiang is CBS New
 s' senior White House correspondent based in Washington\, D.C. Jiang's rep
 orting is featured across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms\, includin
 g the "CBS Evening News\," CBS Mornings" and CBS News 24/7\, CBS News' pre
 mier 24/7 anchored streaming news service.</p>\n<p>Jiang has covered the W
 hite House beat since 2018\, including the transitions between presidentia
 l administrations. She has also reported extensively on the increased viol
 ence against the AAPI community and the resulting policy changes. Jiang ha
 s traveled on Air Force One on several occasions\, both domestically and a
 broad. She has covered major stories for the Network including President T
 rump&rsquo\;s impeachments\, the 2020 and 2024 Presidential campaigns and 
 elections\, and President Biden&rsquo\;s withdrawal from the presidential 
 race and the resulting Harris 2024 campaign. During her coverage of the fi
 rst Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, the answers
  to her questions during press briefings often made news. In 2023\, Jiang 
 won an Emmy award for her contributions to "CBS Mornings."</p>\nhttps://dc
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