TAUGHT \;is about education\, protest\, racism\, and a teacher and student&rsquo\;s journey into America for answers. As protests flare across Washington\, DC\, veteran teacher Jerry Brown is running out of faith&mdash\; in his classroom\, his marriage\, and himself. When a vi ral video surfaces showing police brutality against his former student\, M alik Drummond\, their uneasy reunion sparks an impulsive road trip through Appalachia. From the streets of Southeast DC to the civil rights landmark s of Harpers Ferry and the forests of the Appalachian Trail\, their uneasy journey becomes a reckoning\, each mile revealing new fault lines between past and present\, teacher and student\, guilt and grace in a provocative story about redemption within a divided nation.
\nThe talk will be followed by Q+A and book-signing. Free copies while supplies last\, with a dditional copies available for sale and signing by the author.
\nAs a middle and high school teacher\, Eric Goldstein founded the Washington\, DC-based nonprofit organization\, One World Education. T hrough programs that teach writing skills through social justice\, the org anization has transformed more than 65\,000 students into writers with voi ce\, knowledge\, and purpose. Eric's debut novel\, Taught\, was inspired b y two decades of listening to students tell their stories.
\nRichard Reyes-Gavilan is the Executive Director of the DC Public Library with over twenty years of professional public library experience. Before coming to the District\, he served as the Chief Librarian for the Brooklyn Public Library. The son of Cuban immigrants\, he lives in D.C.&rs quo\;s diverse Mount Pleasant neighborhood with his family.
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