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X-WR-CALDESC:We are excited to collaborate with Elizabeth's Bookshop and Wr
 iting Centre to host this month's Book Circle. We'll be discussing A Place
  Called Home: A memoir by David Ambroz at Elizabeth's Bookshop inside Comp
 ass at The Well CDC. Support local and enjoy the cozy café! \n\nThe first 
 20 registrants will receive a FREE copy of the book and you will be entere
 d to win a gift card to Compass (must be present on 5/23 to win). Books sh
 ould be picked up before 5/16 at Elizabeth's Bookshop unless other arrange
 ments are made with Sarah. An email will be sent when the books arrive for
  pickup.\n\nJoin us for a light dinner\, coffee\, and conversation with CA
 SA volunteers\, CASA staff\, CASA board members\, and community members. S
 ince this book circle is open to the community\, feel free to invite a fri
 end to join you!\n\n\nA Place Called Home: A Memoir\nThere are millions of
  homeless children in America today and in A Place Called Home\, award-win
 ning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about growing up homeless 
 in New York for eleven years and his subsequent years in foster care\, off
 ering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every d
 ay.\n           \nWhen David and his siblings should be in elementary scho
 ol\, they are instead walking the streets seeking shelter while their moth
 er is battling mental illness. They rest in train stations\, 24-hour diner
 s\, anywhere that’s warm and dry\; they bathe in public restrooms and stea
 l food to quell their hunger. When David is placed in foster care\, at fir
 st it feels like salvation but soon proves to be just as unsafe. He’s move
 d from home to home and\, in all but one placement\, he’s abused. His burg
 eoning homosexuality makes him an easy target for other’s cruelty.      \n
           \nDavid finds hope and opportunities in libraries\, schools\, an
 d the occasional kind-hearted adult\; he harnesses an inner grit to escape
  the all-too-familiar outcome for a kid like him. Through hard work and un
 wavering resolve\, he is able to get a scholarship to Vassar College\, his
  first significant step out of poverty. He later graduates from UCLA Law w
 ith a vision of using his degree to change the laws that affect children i
 n poverty.
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DESCRIPTION:We are excited to collaborate with Elizabeth's Bookshop and Wri
 ting Centre to host this month's Book Circle. We'll be discussing A Place 
 Called Home: A memoir by David Ambroz at Elizabeth's Bookshop inside Compa
 ss at The Well CDC. Support local and enjoy the cozy café! \n\nThe first 2
 0 registrants will receive a FREE copy of the book and you will be entered
  to win a gift card to Compass (must be present on 5/23 to win). Books sho
 uld be picked up before 5/16 at Elizabeth's Bookshop unless other arrangem
 ents are made with Sarah. An email will be sent when the books arrive for 
 pickup.\n\nJoin us for a light dinner\, coffee\, and conversation with CAS
 A volunteers\, CASA staff\, CASA board members\, and community members. Si
 nce this book circle is open to the community\, feel free to invite a frie
 nd to join you!\n\n\nA Place Called Home: A Memoir\nThere are millions of 
 homeless children in America today and in A Place Called Home\, award-winn
 ing child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about growing up homeless i
 n New York for eleven years and his subsequent years in foster care\, offe
 ring a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every da
 y.\n           \nWhen David and his siblings should be in elementary schoo
 l\, they are instead walking the streets seeking shelter while their mothe
 r is battling mental illness. They rest in train stations\, 24-hour diners
 \, anywhere that’s warm and dry\; they bathe in public restrooms and steal
  food to quell their hunger. When David is placed in foster care\, at firs
 t it feels like salvation but soon proves to be just as unsafe. He’s moved
  from home to home and\, in all but one placement\, he’s abused. His burge
 oning homosexuality makes him an easy target for other’s cruelty.      \n 
          \nDavid finds hope and opportunities in libraries\, schools\, and
  the occasional kind-hearted adult\; he harnesses an inner grit to escape 
 the all-too-familiar outcome for a kid like him. Through hard work and unw
 avering resolve\, he is able to get a scholarship to Vassar College\, his 
 first significant step out of poverty. He later graduates from UCLA Law wi
 th a vision of using his degree to change the laws that affect children in
  poverty.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T190000
LOCATION:647 E Market Street\, Elizabeth's Bookshop Inside Compass at the W
 ell CDC\, Akron\, OH 44304 US
SUMMARY:Book Circle: A Place Called Home
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