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If you want to make a difference, this is the talk for you. Join us for a special evening with Kelly Corrigan! You'll experience:

- a pre-event catered reception,
- Kelly's inspiring presentation,
- Q&A, connection & conversation,
- book signing and post-event mixing & mingling.

Reception: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Program: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Throughout her career as a journalist and interviewer extraordinaire, Kelly Corrigan has spent hundreds of hours talking with some of the most successful people in the world. The reason people succeed, she says, is because of the culture they’re in, whether at work, school or at home. If it’s one that’s empowering, anyone can be motivated to do their best. Kelly will share stories from some of the top changemakers she’s had conversations with, from Philanthropist Melinda Gates to Dr. Atul Gawande to civil rights icon Delores Huerta. She also includes the five simple rules that can be used to create change.

About Kelly Corrigan:
Kelly Corrigan has written four New York Times bestselling memoirs in the last decade, earning her the title of “The Poet Laureate of the ordinary” from the Huffington Post and the “voice of a generation” from O Magazine. She is curious and funny and eager to go well past the superficial in every conversation.

About the Charlotte Ideas Festival:
The Charlotte Ideas Festival is a multi-day exploration of today’s pressing ideas and issues through the lens of the humanities. This year’s conversation-packed events feature a range of thinkers, innovators and community members engaged in connection and conversation. A program of The Charlotte Center for the Humanities & Civic Imagination (The Charlotte Center), the Charlotte Ideas Festival is part of the three-week Charlotte SHOUT! festival celebrating Food, Art, Music, and Ideas.

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Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry are planning to meet with European leaders to discuss the crisis in Ukraine during this year's Munich Security Conference.

A car bombing near the presidential palace in Beirut on Wednesday killed a top Lebanese army officer. The victim was widely expected to succeed army Chief of Staff Michel Suleiman, who has emerged as the consensus candidate for president after months of political deadlock.

Secretary of State John Kerry huddles with key players on Syria, including Russia and Iran, to try to revive a ceasefire.