Lowell Women's Week - Author Event - Grace Ross - Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 1PM
As you may know, this Sunday begins Lowell Women’s Week (February 7th – March 8th). The theme this year is Women’s Strength: Achievement, Power and Vision and as part of the celebration of empowered and visionary women, on Saturday, March 5th @ 1PM the Pollard Library is happy to welcome Grace Ross, longtime activist, community organizer and 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, to discuss her recently published book, Main St. $marts, and her vision for the future.
Ross grew up in New York City and, after attending Radcliffe as an undergraduate and earning a master’s degree in education from Harvard, chose to make her home in Massachusetts. Her 2006 populist gubernatorial campaign generated a large-scale grassroots response.
In her new book, Main St. $marts, she discusses the root causes of our current and troubling economic situation. Â Additionally, Ross explores what we can do to reverse foreclosures and job losses, while transforming our schools, neighborhoods, and health care system. Main St. $marts puts forth a bold vision for our future.
For a full list of Lowell Women’s Week events visit their official event website.
Plus, while this is not an official Lowell Women’s Week Event, you may recall, if you are a regular reader of this blog and/or recieve our bi-weekly email newsletter that the Pollard’s Non-Fiction book club will be discussing Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 6:30PM. A book in which the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism make a passionate call to end the oppression of women worldwide. Join us for what will certainly be a lively discussion.