{"id":210438,"date":"2019-11-04T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=210438"},"modified":"2019-11-04T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:15:32","slug":"valerie-jarrett-shares-her-story-finding-my-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2019\/11\/04\/valerie-jarrett-shares-her-story-finding-my-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Jarrett Shares Her Story, \u2018Finding My Voice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barack Obama\u2019s closest mentors, was a guest at Montclair State University in a conversation that traced her personal history from her childhood in Iran to the White House and the path beyond. The event was hosted by the National Society for Leadership and Success in collaboration with Montclair State\u2019s Center for Leadership and Engagement. <\/p>\n<p>Jarret shared her views on fighting for gender equality and civil rights, and advocating for women in business and politics. She recounted from her memoir, Finding My Voice, how she was able to overcome a natural shyness and learned her value. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognize there are going to be some bumps along the way, and then surround yourself with people who wish you well,\u201d she told her audience on October 22. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_210442\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/Women-Leadership-Valerie-Jarrett.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/11\/Women-Leadership-Valerie-Jarrett.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Montclair State students in the Women&amp;#39;s Leadership Academy had the opportunity to meet and received signed copies of the memoir by Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montclair State students in the Women&#39;s Leadership Academy had the opportunity to meet and<br \/>received signed copies of the memoir by Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jarrett\u2019s appearance was arranged by the National Society for Leadership and Success as part of its mission to \u201cbuild leaders who make a better world.\u201d The society livestreams its speaker series and the conversation with Jarrett was moderated by radio host Nicole Ryan of SiriusXM Morning Mash Up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnhancing the lives of others,\u201d she said, \u201cgives you a reservoir of support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montclair State was honored to host the live event and provide the opportunity for future leaders to be inspired by her story, says Duane A. Williams, director for the Center for Leadership and Engagement. Jarrett was presented with the Champion of Change award for her contributions to social justice by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/african-american-studies\/\">African American Studies program<\/a> at Montclair State, and met with student leaders from the Women&#8217;s Leadership Academy.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seen and heard on campus: Advisor to President Obama talks about her life journey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":210439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210445,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210438\/revisions\/210445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}