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NRPL Foundation Hosts Cocktails & Conversation

Event featured author Eric Klinenberg and Mayor Noam Bramson

Theresa Kump Leghorn, Patch Mayor
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Author Eric Klinenberg with NRPLF Board member Prof. Amy Bass
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Alvin & Friends owner Gwen Clayton with bestselling author Rhiannon Navin ("Only Child") and her husband Brad.
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NRPLF President Chris Selin with Rod and Ann Rolett and Dr. Peter Fauci.
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NRPLF co-founder Alisa Harris Kesten, Executive Director of Volunteer New York, with Fred Bruck and Ted Kesten.
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NRPLF Board member Lynn Green, Emita Hill, NRPLF President Chris Selin and NRPLF Board member Leslie Demus.
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NRPL Community Outreach Coordinator Barbara Davis with Jocelyn Eichler Kenner and Adam Kenner.

On Thursday, March 14th the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation sponsored another in the popular Cocktails & Conversation series, this time a discussion with Eric Klineneberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life and New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson. The discussion, which took place at Alvin & Friends restaurant in New Rochelle, was moderated by Prof. Amy Bass, Ph.D., Director of CNR's Honors Program.

Copies of the author’s book were available for sale and signing from The Voracious Reader. Proceeds of the evening benefited the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, a volunteer fundraising and advocacy organization working to ensure the future well-being of the Library. The NRPL Foundation, created in 1993, supports Library initiatives that enhance opportunities for learning, exploration and public discourse. For more information visit www.nrplfoundation.org.

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