Book Rap: Nicholas Kristof "A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity"

Join us for coffee and a special morning book rap featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Kristof will discuss and sign copies of his new book “A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity.”

With scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn investigate the art and science of giving, determine some of today’s most successful local and global initiatives to fight inequality, and evaluate particularly effective forms of help such as early childhood education. Intimately linked to this analysis are the astonishing stories the authors share from the front lines of social progress. We see the compelling, inspiring truth of how real people have changed the world, resoundingly upending the view that one person can’t make a difference.

We meet people like Dr. Gary Slutkin, who developed his landmark Cure Violence program to combat inner-city conflicts in the United States by applying principles of epidemiology; Lester Strong, who left a career as a high-powered television anchor to run an organization bringing in older Americans to tutor students in public schools across the country; MIT development economist Esther Duflo, whose pioneering studies of aid effectiveness have revealed new truths about, among other things, the power of hope; and Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede, who are transforming Kenya’s most notorious slum by expanding educational opportunities for girls.
 

"A Path Appears" makes clear how typical citizens can drive the momentum of worthy solutions to our world’s most pressing social problems.

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, husband and wife, have coauthored three previous books: “Half the Sky,” “Thunder from the East,” and “China Wakes.” They were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Now an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, Kristof was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. WuDunn worked at The New York Times as a business editor and foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Beijing. She now works in banking.

This is a ticketed event and registration is required. All attendees must have a ticket. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. Books must be purchased through the NPC. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. All sales are final; no refunds will be issued.