​The Board of Directors of Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and City Librarian Michael Lambert invite you to an intimate gathering for a dialogue about the creative power of the Library in education, arts, technology, racial justice, and climate change. Anticipating the Library Preservation fund secured for 25 more years, we have the unique
opportunity to reimagine our public library for San Francisco.

Wednesday, November 9th
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Hosted by Alissa Lee and Erik Christoffersen
59 Saint Germain Ave
San Francisco

For questions or to personally RSVP, 
contact Barbara Alvarez 
​barbara.alvarez@friendssfpl.org
415-477-5231

​Special guest and international bestselling author Sarah Ladipo Manyika will give us an exclusive preview of her forthcoming book. Between Starshine & Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora features dialogues with some of the most distinguished Black thinkers of our times, including Toni Morrison, Claudia Rankine, Wole Soyinka and Michelle Obama.

A British-Nigerian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, Sarah’s works include the best-selling novel In Dependence (2009) and Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun (2016).