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Author and educator Chris Mercogliano will speak at the Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalist Church next week.
Mercogliano is the author of In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids’ Inner Wildness.
Mercogliano was a staff member at the Albany Free School in Albany, N.Y., for 35 years and is an advocate of noncontrolling education and child-rearing.
The event – which is cosponsored by Our Community Place and the Shenandoah Valley Community School – is scheduled for Oct. 25 from 7-9 p.m.
Admission is free.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," a zero-time Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, and a member of zero Halls of Fame, is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].