My first book reading

 my first book reading (via zoom) at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, on 7/22

The last time I was published by Scholastic in an anthology, there were readings in Battery Park,NY and I never went as I thought I would not be able to participate, much to my regret now.

So this was my very first attempt using text to speech to read out the excerpts.. yeah.

Thursday 7/22, Essential Truths has their virtual Oakland Book Launch, hosted by Oakland Asian Cultural Center, from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. PST!!!!

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19:03:05 From Rachall Lee, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: Today’s Program: 1) Opening & Land Acknowledgement 2) Guest Presentations 3) Open Discussion/Q&A 4) Closing 19:03:55 From Rachall Lee, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: Native Land website: https://native-land.ca/ 19:37:26 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: Go hari!! 19:37:30 From Tria (she/her) to Everyone: So wonderful, Elmaz! And yay Hari!! 19:37:47 From Rachall Lee, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: Hari Srinivasan is currently a student at UC Berkeley and a student journalist at the Daily Californian. Hari is a prolific writer, having won many awards for his writing and poetry. He is also a minimally speaking autistic and passionate about disability justice. His advocacy was mentioned on President Obama’s Instagram campaign on the 30th anniversary of ADA 19:37:56 From Kelechi Ubozoh (she/her) to Everyone: I mourn the loss of the human body 19:38:05 From Diann Leo-Omine (she/her) to Everyone: Zoom the new reality 19:38:13 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: A microscopic virus brought the world to its knees 19:38:32 From Sridevi to Everyone: the irony! 19:38:40 From Diann Leo-Omine (she/her) to Everyone: So true, Hari! 19:38:50 From Elmaz Abinader, She/hers to Everyone: Truth to power 19:38:54 From Lenore Naxon to Everyone: Indeed. 19:38:58 From Akemi Chan-Imai, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: <3 <3 19:39:12 From Kelechi Ubozoh (she/her) to Everyone: when the able bodied demanded it the impossible became possible overnight 19:39:20 From katie aliféris to Everyone: TRUTHS!!! 19:39:21 From Sandra Bass to Everyone: Cal in the house! 19:39:21 From Akemi Chan-Imai, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: yes!! 19:39:34 From Vanessa Cabrera to Everyone: when I was there I wasn’t 19:39:45 From Diann Leo-Omine (she/her) to Everyone: Somehow I was on equal footing 19:39:53 From Faria to Everyone: Zoom as an equalizer 19:39:58 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: I became part of the conversation 19:40:07 From Sandra Bass to Everyone: A part of the conversation rather than an observer of conversations. 19:40:10 From Lenore Naxon to Everyone: He's opened my eyes. 19:40:12 From Christl Perkins to Everyone: became part of the conversation, more than an observer of conversations 19:40:17 From Shirley Huey (she/her) to Everyone: ^^^ 19:40:39 From Christl Perkins to Everyone: definitely a lot of intersectionalities 19:40:44 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: yes. 19:40:45 From Shirley Huey (she/her) to Everyone: yes 19:41:00 From Yeva Johnson to Everyone: Hari, thank you for these lessons on intersectionality! 19:41:03 From Lorraine Bonner to Everyone: Elijah McClain 19:41:16 From katie aliféris to Everyone: yes!!! 19:41:20 From Sandra Bass to Everyone: survival of the kindest! 19:41:21 From Faria to Everyone: Survival of the kindest <3 19:41:21 From Tria (she/her) to Everyone: Yes, Hari! All these truths. 19:41:21 From Akemi Chan-Imai, she/her (OACC) to Everyone: survival of the kindest 19:41:24 From Kelechi Ubozoh (she/her) to Everyone: <3 19:41:24 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: Survival of the KINDEST!! 19:41:28 From Yeva Johnson to Everyone: Survival of the kindest, never heard of that until today! Thank you!!! 19:41:28 From katie aliféris to Everyone: ^^^ 19:41:30 From Yeva Johnson to Everyone: ❤️❤️❤️ 19:41:30 From Shirley Huey (she/her) to Everyone: yes 19:41:37 From Tureeda Mikell to Everyone: Great information, Hari! 19:41:43 From Sridevi to Everyone: Sadly, it's true! worse for those with more intersections 19:41:53 From Sandra Bass to Everyone: Project our goodness into the world through ACTION! 19:41:54 From Tria (she/her) to Everyone: Thank you for this daily nudge <3 <3 19:41:55 From Vanessa Cabrera to Everyone: thank you!!!! 19:41:56 From Elmaz Abinader, She/hers to Everyone: yay 19:41:56 From Sandra Bass to Everyone: Thank you Hari! 19:41:56 From Faria to Everyone: Hari!! Thank you! 19:41:57 From Yeva Johnson to Everyone: Thank you, Hari!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ 19:41:58 From danny ryu (they/them) to Everyone: Wowwwwww thank you hari 19:42:02 From Kelechi Ubozoh (she/her) to Everyone: HARI SO MOVING! 19:42:02 From Sandra Wassilie to Everyone: Beautiful message, Hari: survival of the kindest. 19:42:05 From Susana Praver-Perez to Everyone: Thank YOU Hari!!! 19:42:07 From Sridevi to Everyone: daily nudge for long term! 19:42:08 From Tureeda Mikell to Everyone: Yes all that’s Good within ourselves! Thank You!!! 19:42:12 From Christl Perkins to Everyone: Wisdom - thank you Hari! 19:42:14 From Nancy Hom to Everyone: Let us reach down into that goodness! 19:42:18 From Shirley Huey (she/her) to Everyone: Thank you Hari! 19:42:27 From Johnny Huy Nguyen to Everyone: Thank you for the real talk and the hopefulness 19:42:31 From Pardis Esmaeili to Everyone: So insightful 19:42:49 From maestro mathmattox to Everyone: 10Q so much hari!