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SUMMARY:An Evening with Wilmot Collins & Author Daniel Blake Smith
DESCRIPTION:Country Bookshelf is thrilled to welcome former Helena mayor Wilmot Collins and Daniel Blake Smith\, author of the new biography Run: The Wilmot Collins Story\, From Liberian Refugee to the First Black Mayor in Montana.\nTickets are not required but RSVPs are always appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket at Eventbrite. \nABOUT RUN: THE WILMOT COLLINS STORY\nRun: The Wilmot Collins Story tells the inspiring story of Wilmot Collins\, who fled the brutal and bloody Liberian Civil War in the early 1990s—where over 250\,000 Liberians were killed\, including two of Collins’s brothers—and managed to make it to Helena\, Montana\, one of the whitest places on the planet. Enduring and overcoming racism and xenophobia\, he joined the Montana National Guard\, became an active member of the Helena community\, and in 2017 rose to become mayor of the capital city and the first Black mayor in Montana’s history. \nCollins garnered a national reputation not only as a beloved Democratic politician in a ruby red state but also as a shining example of how being a racial and political outsider in a highly partisan society can be transformed into an effective and engaging form of political leadership. \nWilmot’s story highlights the tragic decision to abandon one’s homeland when it turns on its people. Collins came from a highly educated family and\, when civil war erupted\, he was fresh out of college working as a middle school teacher at Monrovia’s SOS Children’s Village School. He had recently found a great companion\, Maddie Muna\, whom he met after college graduation. They became fast friends and soon life partners in marriage. But they first had to negotiate forces threatening their very lives. \nThrough extensive interviews and his masterful command of storytelling\, award-winning author and filmmaker Daniel Blake Smith tells how Wilmot and Maddie\, through great perseverance\, plenty of ingenuity\, and inspiring displays of generosity\, journeyed to the United States and have made their new home a better place for everyone. Run offers an emotional\, inspiring\, and deeply personal story of survival\, racial injustice\, political hope\, and the challenges one family faced to realize the American dream.
URL:https://bozone.com/event/an-evening-with-wilmot-collins-author-daniel-blake-smith/
LOCATION:Country Bookshelf\, 28 W Main St.\, Bozeman\, MT\, 59715\, United States
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