Author Laura Atkins will discuss her new release from Heyday Books, Biddy Mason Speaks Up, co-written with Arisa White. The book explores Mason’s life and gives readers tools for speaking up in their own communities. Additionally, Susan Anderson, Director of Collections, Library, Exhibitions, and Programs at the California Historical Society, will present on slavery and resistance in California’s history. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848–1865.