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Documentary The Friendliest Town Community Discussion

In Conversation with Taya Graham and Steven Janis

2022-02-24 18:30:00 2022-02-24 19:30:00 America/Chicago Documentary The Friendliest Town Community Discussion Join producers Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, along with Michael Childress, DuPage NAACP President, for an in-depth discussion of The Friendliest Town. Downers Grove Public Library - Virtual Meeting

Thursday, February 24
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-02-24 18:30:00 2022-02-24 19:30:00 America/Chicago Documentary The Friendliest Town Community Discussion Join producers Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, along with Michael Childress, DuPage NAACP President, for an in-depth discussion of The Friendliest Town. Downers Grove Public Library - Virtual Meeting

Join producers Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, along with Michael Childress, DuPage NAACP President, for an in-depth discussion of The Friendliest Town.

Taya Graham (producer) is an award-winning investigative reporter who has covered U.S. politics, local government and the criminal justice system. She is the host of TRNN's Police Accountability Report, and producer and co-creator of the award-winning podcast Truth and Reconciliation on Baltimore's NPR affiliate WYPR.

Stephen Janis (director and producer) is an investigative reporter who has written extensively on policing, politics, and poverty. He has won multiple awards for his reporting, including three Capital Emmys, two MDDC awards for investigative reporting, and two AP Press awards.

Michael Childress is the President of DuPage NAACP. As the President of the DuPage NAACP his is politically and socially active, as well as being involved in community organizing and fundraising for social causes.

Contact the Ask Us Desk at askus@dglibrary.org with questions.

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