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Charles Martell Author Lecture Series Fall 2022 Lecture Archives

Who are the Friends?

The Friends of the Library at Sacramento State was founded in 1992 to help the University Library meet the growing and changing needs of the campus and the community. Since its founding, the Friends of the Library has:

Donated over $250,000 to the University Library in grants for the acquisition of books, journals, electronic media, and equipment

Established the Book Bin, a permanent used book sales area on the Library’s lower level

Published the newsletter Bookends

Hosted special events and presentations by well-known authors

Become a Member

Join the Friends of the Library

Board Leadership

President Linda J. Goff
Vice President Michaeline Veden
Secretary Roz Van Auker
Treasurer Sally Hitchcock

Bookends Editors

Linda Goff
Roz Van Auker

Board Members

Mary Andrews
Andrea Fiske
James Fox
Shari Gonzales
Terry Kastanis
Erika Kobbe
Jean Torcom
Lisa Woodard-Mink
ASI Representative: Shachee Baraiya

Ex-Officio

Amy Kautzman, Dean and Director, University Library
Maria Ramirez, Event Coordinator and Communications Strategist, University Library
Lora Hollingsworth, Sac State Planned Giving

Our Mission

To support the University Library by:

Bringing together individuals and organizations interested in the University Library
Reaching out to the community and promoting the interests of the University Library
Providing a forum for the University and local authors, researchers, and readers to meet and discuss their work and interests
Raising funds to enhance the University Library

Benefits of Membership

Receipt of the Friends newsletter, Bookends

Invitations to library exhibits, lectures, and events

Library borrowing privileges for members at the Sponsor level ($50 and above)

The satisfaction of supporting education in our community

Complimentary parking for Speaker Series

Visit the Book Bin!

Staffed by members of the Friends who volunteer for a few hours per week, the Book Bin sells used copies of books and media in various formats. Proceeds from the Book Bin help fund the Friends annual grants program in support of library collections and services as well as general gifts to the University Library.

Fall/Winter 2022 Dates

September

Wed, September 7
Thu, September 8
Wed, September 21
Thur, September 22

October

Wed, October 5
Thu, October 6
Wed, October 19
Thu, October 20

November

Wed, November 2
Thu, November 3
Wed, November 16
Thu, November 17

December

Wed, December 7
Thu, December 8

January

Wed, January 18
Thu, January 19

Donate to the Book Bin

Donations are accepted during regular Book Bin hours and by appointment on the last Friday of every month. Please call (916) 278-5954 to schedule an appointment.

We Accept

Hardcover and paperback books for children, teens and adults
Contemporary and classic fiction
Popular nonfiction such as cookbooks, biographies, history
DVD movies
Audio books on CD
Music CDs

We Cannot Accept

Books in poor condition (stained, yellowed, moldy, torn)
Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Readers Digest condensed books
Outdated reference books
Books discarded by other libraries
Abridged audio books
Audio cassettes and VHS tapes

Donations can only be delivered during regular Book Bin hours or by appointment and may not be left outside the door or placed in our book drops. If you have more than two boxes of books, please call ahead to make sure we can accommodate the donation. Due to space constraints, we may need to decline donations.

Once accepted, donations are property of the Library and cannot be returned to the donor.

Charles Martell Author Lecture Series Fall 2022

Entering its 13th year, the Lecture Series offers the campus and Sacramento communities the opportunity to engage with authors whose work is timely and thought provoking. All lectures are free to the public and everyone is welcome to join us.

For more information or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact Maria Ramirez at lib-events@csus.edu at least five (5) business days in advance of the event.

All lectures held at 1:00 p.m. online via Zoom. Registration is required to attend.

Lorena V. Márquez

Thursday, September 22, 2022

he 22/23 Martell Lecture Series begins on Thursday, September 22 with Dr. Lorena V. Márquez, historian and author of La Gente: Struggles for Empowerment and Community Self-Determination in Sacramento, which highlights the rise of the Chicana/o Movement during the 1960s and 1970s. She illustrates how everyday people, la gente, contested various forms of oppression at school, at work, and in their communities and sought lasting and transformative change. By documenting specific acts of resistance, Márquez shows that the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento encouraged those who were the most marginalized—the working poor, immigrants, and the undocumented, and the undereducated—to fight for their rights.

Márquez’s book is “a marvelous study of the Chicana/o movement in Sacramento that poses questions about self-determination, activism, and everyday people’s political participation. La Gente is a significant contribution to the historiography of the Chicana/o movement.” — Erik Bernardino, Journal of American Ethnic History

Terri Castaneda

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Sacramento State’s very own Professor Terri A. Castaneda is the second speaker on Thursday, October 27. Castaneda’s book, Marie Mason Potts: The Lettered Life of a California Indian Activist, explores the life, challenges, and accomplishments of Marie Mason Potts (1895–1978), a Mountain Maidu woman and one of the most influential California Indian political activists of the 20th century. Castaneda draws on Potts’ work for the Federated Indians of California, the Smoke Signal newspaper, and personal correspondence to privilege Potts’ voice in this exceptional biography.
“It is impossible to share all of her meaning and importance here, but Terri Castaneda has provided us with a detailed view of Marie Potts’s life, her challenges, and her greatest successes as an advocate for California Indian people… Castaneda has given us all something to treasure.” — News from Native California