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  • July 30, 2026
  • 4:00 pm PDT
  • Capital Books
    1011 K Street, Sacramento, California 95814
  • Free Admission

ARC Executive Director Liz Vartkessian will read from her book, The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal About American Justice at Capital Books in Sacramento, CA.

Liz will be in conversation with Katie McCleary, a public speaker, expert facilitator, and coauthor of Bridge the Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships from Challenging to Collaborative (McGraw-Hill, 2022).

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