Online publishing magnate Arianna Huffington will keynote the Hartford Public Library’s annual fundraiser next June at downtown’s Connecticut Convention Center.
The founder and editor-in-chief of AOL’s Huffington Post online news and information publisher will be in town June 12 for the library’s annual “One Big Summer Night” event.
Author of 13 books and a syndicated columnist, Huffington said she believes in the civic and cultural value that public libraries contribute to society.
“Public libraries, one of the nation’s truly democratic institutions, are essential to developing civically engaged communities,” Huffington said in a statement the Hartford Library released Thursday.
Huffington, who launched her online site as a blog in May 2005, serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home, which works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also sits on the board of El Pais and the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The library says event proceeds will buy books and other materials, and sponsor wide ranging literacy, digital access and educational programs to the public.
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