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Long Beach Leaders are Readers
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Jan Burke, Bestselling Author
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Skip Keesal, A Legacy of Leadership and Community Impact in Long Beach
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Senator Lena Gonzalez, A Voice for the Community
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Jennifer Kumiyama, Singer, Actress and Accessibility Champion
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: City of Long Beach 2024 Youth Poet Laureate, Helena Donato-Sapp
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Doug Haubert, Long Beach City Prosecutor, Shares His Literary Journey
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Olga Chavez, Empowering Community and Corporate Social Responsibility Leader
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Cathy De Leon, City of Long Beach Director of Library Services
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Billie Jean King, Long Beach Hometown Hero and Equality Champion
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Sharon L. Weissman, Long Beach Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and Community Leader
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Everett Glenn, Long Beach Nonprofit Founder and Community Leader
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Sean Reilly, LBPLF President-elect
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Diane Jacobus, Long Beach Community Leader
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Carmen O. Perez, Long Beach Community Leader
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Ellie Perez, LGBTQ Community Leader and Activist
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Long Beach’s First Ever Youth Poet Laureate, Claire Beeli
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Mayor Rex Richardson, City of Long Beach
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Julia Huang, CEO of Intertrend Communications
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers: Cordelia Howard, Retired Director of Library Services
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Long Beach Leaders are Readers Vice Mayor Cindy Allen, 2nd District Councilmember
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