"A Night with Zinn" will showcase readings from Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History of the United States, which highlights contemporary and historical voices speaking out against oppression and exploitation-including Assata Shakur in "Women in Prison: How We Are," Frederick Douglas in "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negoro," and Leonard Peltier in On the Trail of Broken Treaties Protest. Notable community activists and college professors, including Chicano novelist and City College Professor Danny Romero, African-American Literature Professor Adrienne King, City College Philosophy Professor Beth Forrester, Japanese-American Professor Syreeta Harada, community activist Rachel Gregg and Santa Cruz Assemblyperson John Laird, will be reading. This presentation will benefit the Los Rios Speech and Debate Team.