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Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa

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Date:
Monday, September 23, 2013
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Box Office Manager
Email:
Phone:
415-597-6700
Address:
Commonwealth Club; 595 Market St. (2nd floor)
Location Details:
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market St. (2nd floor) @ Montgomery BART station
San Francisco, CA 94105

Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa author Julie Dargis will take you on a trip around the world through selected excerpts of stories and verse from her book. In addition, she will share reflections on her humanitarian aid work with African and Eastern European populations affected by war and natural disasters, and include how she dealt with adversity in her day-to-day life in some of the most difficult and dangerous countries in the world. She will close with a brief discussion on how she came to write about and publish her experiences, including ideas on how others can recount stories of their own.

Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students (with valid ID)
In association with the NorCal Peace Corps Association
Added to the calendar on Wed, Sep 11, 2013 5:15PM
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