Author Signing with Kristi Hemmer

October 22nd | 5:00 – 6:30 pm
The Nook | Downtown Brookings

When author Kristi Hemmer, M.Ed. was eight, she was the Connect Four champ; nobody wanted to play with her. When she was twelve, she was on the Future Problem Solvers of America Championship Team; Kristi was told that if she was too smart, boys wouldn’t like her. When she was thirty-three, and principal of an all-girls school, a city council member told her she was too young.

The underlying message is one that every female of every age is told again and again: You’re too much. Quit being you. Wait your turn. Be quiet. Be nice. Quit Being So Good.

Let’s smash the expectation to shrink, to apologize, and to do it all by yourself. Learn three steps to be unapologetic so you can #bewhatshecansee. Because when women lead, the world is a safer and more equitable place. For everybody.