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It Takes Chutzpah Gary Event

With Ron Wyden (US Senator from Oregon), Ezra Klein (Co-Founder, Vox & NY Times Columnist).

	Strand, 828 Broadway, 3rd Fl, New York
	Jan 14 (Tue) , 2025 @ 07:00 PM
	$30

DETAILS

Join us for an in-person event with Democratic Senator from Oregon Ron Wyden for the launch of his new book It Takes Chutzpah. Joining Ron in conversation is American journalist, political analyst Ezra Klein. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Can't make the event? Purchase a signed copy of It Takes Chutzpah here.

ACCESSIBILITY:

Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.

ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by 12/31 to request.

For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com.

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In this inspirational call to action, a senior U.S. politician reveals how to accomplish goals with a combination of strong allies, persistence, & attention-that is, chutzpah.

It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action by a senior U.S. politician, describing how Americans of all age groups, persuasions, & occupations can defy convention, chart new pathways for their communities, schools, at work & in life. US Senator Ron Wyden is widely praised for coming up with sensible-sounding ideas no one else had thought of & making the counter-intuitive political alliances that prove helpful in passing bills. In It Takes Chutzpah, he offers a progressive leader's manifesto for being a courageous warrior during turbulent times.

Chutzpah is a Yiddish word that describes a trait that many Jews consider in-born. Ron explores chutzpah's long history & many interpretations & reclaims the word chutzpah for a new American generation, showing how it can be used for good to reclaim idealism & enact positive change. He shares Ron's 12 Rules of Chutzpah that enable any individual or group to achieve their objectives, including:

1. If you want to make change, you've got to make noise.

2.In a world where everyone thinks & acts for the short-term, always play the long game.

3. Leading is coaching: Whether in legislation or in life, you've got to bring people & ideas together around a shared goal.

Ron identifies several key values-free speech, health care, reproductive rights, a clean environment, & reigning in Big Tech-and draws on his decades of public service to stress that preserving those values means that loud brashness & boldness will be needed now more than ever.

Ron Wyden, a Democratic Senator from Oregon, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 until his 1995 election to the U.S. Senate. Oregonians-and all attentive Americans-know Wyden as a senator who listens & innovates. The son of two refugees from Nazi Germany, he was born in Wichita & lived in Chicago, St. Louis, & Washington D.C., as his father Peter Wyden, a journeyman journalist & later a best-selling author, pursued his career & curiosity. You can follow him @www.facebook.com/wyden.

Ezra Klein is an Opinion columnist & podcast host at the New York Times. Prior to his work at the Times, Klein founded & launched Vox, the popular explanatory news site. As Vox's editor-in-chief, & then it's editor-at-large, he helped create, & then executive produced, Explained on Netflix. He also launched shows on HBO & YouTube. Prior to his work at Vox, he launched the Wonkblog vertical at The Washington Post, building out a new & popular form of policy reporting, & was a regular guest host on MSNBC. In 2020, Klein published Why We're Polarized, a bestselling examination of the forces driving polarization, & paralyzing politics, in the United States.