9:30 – 10:30 MONDAY INTEREST GROUPS
Please see the Bulletin page 18

NON-FICTION BOOK DISCUSSION Founders Room
A Season on the Wind by Kenn Kaufman
Discussion Leader: Sheryl Sostarich

In A Season on the Wind, penned by a renowned ornithologist, Kaufman gives us a close look at the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration along Lake Erie in northwestern Ohio. This region is the focal point of one of the world’s largest birding festivals. Kaufman also discusses how climate change and wind farms threaten the patterns of migration and reduce the population of several species.

LITERATURE DISCUSSION Heritage Room
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Discussion Leader: Elaine Kirk

Maria, the widow of a resister murdered in a failed plot to assassinate Hitler, returns to her husband’s crumbling family castle, where she plans to uphold a promise she made to his brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows. Subsequently, the women forge bonds of survival and strength—which are tested by events beyond their control.

GREAT DECISIONS Presidents’ Hall
Topic: United States Relations with the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
Leaders: Barbara Taft and Joyce Prudden

HANDWORK/CRAFTS Dining Room
Activity: Handwork
Join Ann Vanvick in designing and creating your own unique beaded name tag necklace.

KNOW YOUR DEVICE Minnesota Room
Facilitator: Alice Heth
This users group will answer each other’s questions about smart phones, iPads, and general technology mysteries.

10:45 – 11:45        LITERARY PURSUITS           Presidents’ Hall
Stars and the Blackness Between Them

Speaker: Junauda Petrus, Author, Pleasure Activist, Filmmaker, Performance Artist, Co-Founder of Free Black Dirt

Petrus’ debut young adult novel, told in the voices of two young queer black women, is a testimony to love that is stronger than oppression and heartbreak, astrological predictions, ancestral magic, and the wisdom of Whitney Houston. Petrus will share her inspiration for writing this book, as well as the role of literature and art in her own activist journey.

11:45 – Noon ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:00 – 1:15 LUNCHEON

1:15 – 2:15         EDUCATION           Presidents’ Hall
America’s Immigration Policy: Where We Are and How We Arrived There

Speaker: Howard S. (Sam) Myers, Immigration Lawyer, Adjunct Law Professor, University of Minnesota Law School

Myers will share his perspective as an immigration lawyer. He will briefly discuss the history of American immigration law and how we came to the place we currently occupy, with a particular emphasis on the evolution of immigration law since the election of President Trump. Myers will focus on the role of immigration in our country, the broad values and principles it embodies, where we appear to be headed, and what challenges we face.