Savannah State University News February 22, 2016 Savannah State brings Isabel Wilkerson to conference The Women's Leadership Conference<http://www.savannahstate.edu/events/womens-leadership.shtml#overview> at Savannah State University (SSU) returns on Friday, March 18. The day-long conference will focus on women in the arts and media. Guests will choose from multiple workshops throughout the day and attend a keynote speech from Isabel Wilkerson and can attend a writing workshop with special guest Tina McElroy Ansa. Isabel Wilkerson is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns<http://isabelwilkerson.com/#aboutthebook>, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book brings to life one of the greatest underreported stories of the 20th Century. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,200 people, unearthed archival research and gathered the voices of the famous and the unknown to tell the epic story of the redistribution of an entire people. Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her work as Chicago bureau chief of the New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African-American to win for individual reporting. Wilkerson will be available for a book signing and dessert reception at the end of the day. Author Tina McElroy Ansa began her career at the Atlanta Constitution, where she was the first black female to work at the daily morning newspaper. For eight years, she worked as a copy editor, makeup editor, layout editor, entertainment writer, features writer and news reporter. She is an avid gardener and birder who currently makes her home on the culturally rich St. Simons Island along the coast of Georgia. The conference will also feature local vendors. All WLC events will be held at the Student Union<http://www.savannahstate.edu/places/Student_Union.shtml>. Registration is $35, and includes lunch. Registration and further information is available at www.savannahstate.edu/WLC<http://www.savannahstate.edu/events/womens-leadership.shtml>. About the Women's Leadership Conference The Women's Leadership Institute (WLI) seeks to celebrate the example shown by women leaders in diverse industries across the globe; connect women from different backgrounds to build a strong community of leaders; help women on the path to leadership; create networking opportunities; and, challenge the new and ongoing issues that rising women leaders face. WLI celebrates the diversity of leadership emerging across different industries, as it aims to bring together exemplary leaders in business, politics, education, non-profits, the media and the arts. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-592-4820 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.