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Maryland’s new governor Westley Watende Omari Moore’s short life has been eventful enough that he has two memoirs.  You can choose which memoir to read and we’ll examine both to understand more about this man who has big plans for Maryland.   In The Other Wes Moore, he writes, “The other Wes Moore is a drug dealer, a robber, a murderer. I am a Rhodes scholar, a White House Fellow, and a former Army officer. Yet our situations could easily have been reversed.”  Following his stint at the White House, Moore worked as an investment banker; started a television production company and a Baltimore-based radio talk show; and ran two non-profit organizations.   In The Work:  Searching for a Life That Matters, Moore shares the lessons he learned from people he met along his life’s journey–from the brave Afghan translator who taught him to find his fight, to the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather, who taught him to find grace in service. Moore also tells the stories of other twenty-first-century change-makers who’ve inspired him in his search.  Please read either book so you can participate in our structured, facilitated, Zoom discussion. (Note: Please join the meeting at 3:00 pm if you would like some assistance using the features of Zoom. Otherwise, join us at 3:15 pm for the start of our discussion.)  Author:  Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore, 2010 OR Wes Moore, The Work:  Searching for a Life That Matters, 2014.

(For other book discussions, see classes #162, 194, 234)