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An Evening with Valerie Jarrett: Hear Her Voice, Find Your Own

On the same day as her new book release, President Obama’s senior advisor and First Friend, Valerie Jarrett, will be joined in conversation with Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss Valerie’s new book Finding My Voice.

On April 2nd at Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center Valerie Jarrett will share anecdotes from her journey to the West Wing, as well as personal and family experiences that make her optimistic about the power of raising our voices.

Even if she hadn’t wound up as President Obama’s senior adviser and First Friend, Valerie Jarrett would have a compelling — and instructive — story to tell. Her great-grandfather was the first African American graduate of MIT, her grandfather the first black man to head the Chicago Housing Authority and her father the first black resident at Chicago’s St. Luke’s Hospital.

By the time she was 30, Jarrett was already working for the mayor of Chicago, then rose to become commissioner of the city planning department, chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Board, CEO of a real estate development company and chairman of the board of the Chicago Stock Exchange. And that was all before she moved to the White House.

No one can offer a more intimate view of the Obamas than Jarrett, but she goes well beyond her White House years in her new book, Finding My Voice. She will join us to share the personal and family experiences that make her optimistic about the power of raising our voices.











When: Tue., Apr. 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Temple Emanu-El
1 E. 65th St.
888-718-4253
Price: $25
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On the same day as her new book release, President Obama’s senior advisor and First Friend, Valerie Jarrett, will be joined in conversation with Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss Valerie’s new book Finding My Voice.

On April 2nd at Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center Valerie Jarrett will share anecdotes from her journey to the West Wing, as well as personal and family experiences that make her optimistic about the power of raising our voices.

Even if she hadn’t wound up as President Obama’s senior adviser and First Friend, Valerie Jarrett would have a compelling — and instructive — story to tell. Her great-grandfather was the first African American graduate of MIT, her grandfather the first black man to head the Chicago Housing Authority and her father the first black resident at Chicago’s St. Luke’s Hospital.

By the time she was 30, Jarrett was already working for the mayor of Chicago, then rose to become commissioner of the city planning department, chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Board, CEO of a real estate development company and chairman of the board of the Chicago Stock Exchange. And that was all before she moved to the White House.

No one can offer a more intimate view of the Obamas than Jarrett, but she goes well beyond her White House years in her new book, Finding My Voice. She will join us to share the personal and family experiences that make her optimistic about the power of raising our voices.

Buy tickets/get more info now