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SUMMARY:Author Chris Young
LOCATION:South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch\nSouth Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join us when author Chris Young visits to discuss his memoir\,
  <i>The Wound Is Where the Light Enters</i>..\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.inf
 o/event/16743315
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Registration for this event is&nbsp\;<stro
 ng>FREE</strong>. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.</p>\n<p><st
 rong>Each VIP ticket ($30+fees) includes:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy o
 f <em><strong>The Wound Is Where the Light Enters</strong></em></li>\n<li>
 VIP seating at the event</li>\n<li>Signing line priority</li>\n<li>A donat
 ion to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br /
 ><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-young-vip-ticket-tickets-1991
 721959998?aff=oddtdtcreator"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a>&nbsp\;to purc
 hase VIP tickets</p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>About the author:</em></p>\n<p><stron
 g>Chris Young</strong> is a consultant\, author\, and public speaker whose
  life and work speak to the power of choice\, resilience\, and the mind. R
 aised in Clarksville\, Tennessee\, he came of age in a community shaped by
  severe poverty\, instability\, and limited opportunity. At 22\, he was se
 ntenced to two life terms without parole under outdated federal drug laws\
 , and served more than a decade in prison. Determined not to let a life se
 ntence confine his mind\, he educated himself across disciplines from phil
 osophy and history to economics\, politics\, and quantum physics\, and tau
 ght himself to code without a computer.</p>\n<p>His case drew national att
 ention after the federal judge who sentenced him resigned his lifetime app
 ointment to the bench to fight for his freedom. In 2021\, Young was grante
 d executive clemency. Since his release\, he has earned a degree in econom
 ics and public policy from Southern Methodist University and founded Coher
 ence Consulting\, a strategic advisory firm advising organizations on poli
 cy\, technology\, and societal impact. His story has been featured by CNN\
 , PBS&rsquo\;s <em>Amanpour and Company</em>\, CBS News\, BBC\, and <em>Va
 riety</em>\, among others.</p>\n<p><strong><em>The Wound Is Where the Ligh
 t Enters</em></strong> is the inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man wh
 o\, sentenced to life in prison\, refused to surrender his future&mdash\;a
  story so powerful that it transformed even the judge who handed down the 
 sentence.</p>\n<p>If our world were more just\, Chris Young would have bee
 n crossing a stage at college graduation at the age of 22. Instead\, he wa
 s marched into a maximum-security federal prison\, facing life under manda
 tory drug sentencing laws. Like far too many young Black men from his neig
 hborhood in Clarksville\, Tennessee\, this was where his story was suppose
 d to end.</p>\n<p>But one day in the prison library\, a book caught his ey
 e: an encyclopedia. As he began to turn the pages\, Chris felt himself tra
 nsported. Knowledge became a portal. He began to confront the nihilism aro
 und him\, the trauma of his past\, and the cruelty of a system determined 
 to confine him. From the library\, his cell\, and even solitary confinemen
 t\, Chris built an education from scratch\, studying philosophy\, art\, an
 thropology\, history\, physics\, and politics. He learned to analyze the s
 tock market and taught himself how to code without a computer. He trained 
 his mind&mdash\;and refused to let prison dictate the limits of his imagin
 ation. At his sentencing hearing\, Chris gave such a moving speech that th
 e judge resigned from his lifetime appointment to the bench and fought to 
 free him.<br /><br /></p>\n<hr />\n<h3>FAQs</h3>\n<p>Additional books will
  be available for purchase courtesy of Mac&rsquo\;s Backs &ndash\; Books o
 n Coventry.</p>\n<p><strong>All ticket purchases are non-refundable.</stro
 ng> If you have purchased a ticket and can no longer attend\, email&nbsp\;
 <a href="mailto:events@cuyahogalibrary.org">events@cuyahogalibrary.org</a>
  by the event date to arrange book pickup at the CCPL branch of your choic
 e.</p>\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/16743315
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