In this session, these women who found success in different fields will describe their struggles to gain acceptance and respect.
| Where: | Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 4, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genres: | Current Issues / Politics / Social Science, Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction |
| Moderator: | Paola Rodriguez-Alvarez |
"Weightless" author Evette Dionne is a journalist, editor and culture critic. She is the former editor-in-chief of Bitch Media and the current executive editor of YES! Media. "Lifting as WE Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box," Dionne's middle-grade nonfiction book about Black women suggragists, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King author honor....
Jamie Fiore Higgins worked as a managing director at Goldman Sachs. One of just 8 percent of Goldman employees to earn the managing director title, she was the highest-ranking woman in her department....
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