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SUMMARY:African American Read-in
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for our seventh annual AARI event!.\nhttps://piercecou
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for our seventh annual AARI event!
 </p>\n<p>Meet this year&rsquo\;s panelists!</p>\n<p><img src="https://pier
 cecounty.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/piercecounty/Rob_edit.jpg" alt
 ="Robert Liu-Trujillo" width="172" height="183" /></p>\n<p>Robert Liu-Truj
 illo is currently a Bay Area resident. He is the child of student activist
 s who watched a lot of science fiction and took him along to many demonstr
 ations. Always drawing\, Rob grew up to be an artist falling in love with 
 graffiti\, fine art\, illustration\, murals\, and children&rsquo\;s books.
  In that order\, sort of. Through storytelling\, he has been able to scrat
 ch the surface of so many untold stories.</p>\n<p>Rob is the author and il
 lustrator of&nbsp\;Furqan&rsquo\;s First Flat Top&nbsp\;and has illustrate
 d numerous other children&rsquo\;s books. He is the dad of a teenage boy a
 nd a little girl. He loves ice cream and his wife who laughs big and corre
 cts his grammar every chance she gets. Down with the system and soggy fren
 ch fries!</p>\n<p>Rob is a co-founder of&nbsp\;The Trust Your Struggle Col
 lective\, a contributor to The&nbsp\;Social Justice Childrens Bk Holiday F
 air\,&nbsp\;and the founder of&nbsp\;Come Bien Books.</p>\n<p><img src="ht
 tps://piercecounty.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/piercecounty/Tyrah_M
 ajors_edit.jpg" alt="Tyrah Majors" width="183" height="188" /></p>\n<p>Bor
 n and raised in San Diego\, California\, Tyrah Majors is a journalist\, un
 iversity professor\, and author of children's book "Grammy and Me." &nbsp\
 ;&ldquo\;Grammy and Me&rdquo\; tells the story of a young girl and her adv
 entures with her grandma. Tyrah loves hearing and telling stories!</p>\n<p
 >Currently\, she is an anchor/reporter in Seattle\, where she reports news
 \, traffic and entertainment stories. Tyrah also produces and hosts a fran
 chise\, "Hometown Connections.&rdquo\; She also created a talk show\, &ldq
 uo\;Major Moves with Tyrah Majors\,&rdquo\; highlighting millennial entrep
 reneurs.</p>\n<p>Prior to coming to Seattle\, Tyrah reported the morning n
 ews in Bakersfield\, where she provided breaking news reports from the gro
 und of various national stories to fun feature reports in the community.</
 p>\n<p><img src="https://piercecounty.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/p
 iercecounty/Lenny_edit.jpg" alt="Lenny Williams" width="180" height="173" 
 /></p>\n<p>Lenny Williams was born and raised in Wilmington\, Delaware. In
  2014\, he decided to pursue his goal of becoming an author and a director
 . By the following year\, he released a children's book titled\, "Dreaming
  Their Way Out\," a story about seven orphans finding a way to escape an o
 rphanage and head to a magical island where they can enjoy their childhood
 .&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>That same year he directed and released his very first fi
 lm titled\, "What Is Life?" A documentary about young college students fig
 uring out who they are\, and where they fit in life.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Today\
 , Lenny is known for creating epic fantasy children's books and novels rel
 atable to people all over the world. In the future\, Lenny eventually plan
 s to create animation films\, comedy films\, horror films\, video games\, 
 and a theme park for millions to enjoy.</p>\n<p>Come meet our AARI author 
 panelists\, Rob Liu-Trujillo\, Tyrah Majors\, and Lenny Williams. After a 
 reading of their books\, there will be time for participants to share a fa
 vorite poem\, book excerpt or speech. During Q&amp\;A\, local business\, P
 arable\, will moderate the session.</p>\nhttps://piercecounty.libnet.info/
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