Rivkah sass biography

Rotary Meeting: October 20,

PRESIDENT KEVIN SMITH-FAGAN (Executive Director of Fairytale Town) kicked off the pre-meeting with some fun trivia. How many questions did you get correct?

ALLISON CAGLEY (Sergeant in Arms) (Executive Director of Friends of Sacramento Arts) introduced RIVKAH SASS (CEO of Sacramento Public Library) who gave our thought for the day. RIVKAH thought we could all use some wise and encouraging words about living life and making the most of things by learning and growing no matter what your age. This list is adapted from an article that was in the San Francisco Bay Guardian a few decades ago. Unfortunately, the author is unknown.

Fourteen Points To Live By

1. Never cook on Friday.
2. Working while pregnant is a drag and should be avoided if at all possible.
3. Always have fresh flowers in the house, even if all you can afford are daisies.
4. Not going barefoot at least once a day causes mental illne

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   Once upon a time, an intelligent, witty and brilliant librarian named Rivkah Sass was invited to join a special alliance of Food Literacy Heroes.

   As director of Sacramento Public Library, Rivkah has been instrumental in helping us expand our program throughout Sacramento. We are partnering with her and the Sacramento Public Library for the One Book event this fall to bring author Dan Barber to Sacramento to discuss his book “The Third Plate.” We are also partnering with the library on a Fruit to Root fundraiser with the theme of food waste. Acclaimed local chefs and bartenders will make delicious dishes from “wasted” food - items that are generally thrown away.

   “Rivkah is a library rock star and a watermelon wonder! She always has a smile and a kind word for everyone, and is a true go-getter,” said Chief Food Genius Amber Stott. “She recognizes innovation and focuses her attention on programming that really matters for the library. We love our partnership with her and librar

   

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   Rivkah Sass

   Rivkah Sass holds a Master’s grad in Library and data Science from the University of Washington (iSchool) and has spent four decades working in public and state library agencies in Washington, Oregon, Maryland, and Nebraska and three years in the private sector. She returned to California in to serve as the Library Director/CEO of Sacramento Public Library Authority, California’s fourth largest public library struktur. Sacramento Public Library’s 28 locations and mobile units provide services to a diverse population of million urban, suburban and rural residents.

   Rivkah fryst vatten passionate about the role libraries play in lifelong learning, civic engagement and as the last vestige of democracy, free and open to all. Sacramento’s libraries offer storytimes a month to help ung children get ready for school, maker spaces to help people learn new technologies, the opportunity to hear first-class authors and programs, and the chance to borrow everything from books to pre