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Michael & Anna Malaika Tubbs on How Mothers Shape the Movement
Date and Time
Thursday, May 5, 2022 7:00 PM (PT)
Description
Best-selling author Anna Malaika Tubbs has chronicled how mothers shaped the moral conviction and persuasive power of Martin Luther King, Malcom X, and James Baldwin. Crediting his own mother figures, her husband former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs overcame poverty to become the youngest mayor of any American city and a champion of economic justice. On Mother’s Day, they join host Priya Clemens for a celebration of the ways a mother can make a movement.
We encourage all attendees to bring their mother, or the mother figure in their life, to this special evening.
Guests
- Michael Tubbs, Former Mayor of Stockton, CA & Author of The Deeper the Roots
- Anna Malaika Tubbs, Author of The Three Mothers
- Priya Clemens, Host, KQED Newsroom
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Catering for this event provided by the youth-run supper club Old Skool Cafe!


