Best-selling author coming to Aurora
Aurora University will host presentations by a best-selling author and an Aurora pastor to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Both events are free to the public.
Rhonda Joy McLean, deputy general counsel of Time Inc. and co-author of “The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women,” will discuss “Leadership in a Multicultural Society” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, in Crimi Auditorium, 407 S. Calumet Ave. McLean, a 1972 Aurora College graduate, will address what she considers the building blocks of true leadership: self-confidence, effective communication, collaboration and courage.
McLean’s book has been consistently ranked in the top three on Amazon’s best-seller list for leadership and management. She will sign copies of the book after her presentation.
Based in New York, McLean manages one-third of the Time Inc.’s law department and conducts regulatory compliance efforts for consumer marketing materials for the publishing company’s 21 magazines in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining Time in October 1999, McLean was the assistant regional director of the Northeast Region of the Federal Trade Commission for nine years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology and social work from Aurora College, master’s degree in adult education and leadership development from North Carolina A&T State University, and law degree from Yale.
At noon Friday, Jan. 13, the Rev. Julian E. Spencer, pastor at Main Baptist Church in Aurora, will bring a message in Lowry Chapel in Eckhart Hall, 347 S. Gladstone Ave. An Oswego resident, Spencer became the 20th senior pastor in Main Baptist’s 140-year history in 2007. Spencer also serves with the Fox Valley Christian Ministerial Alliance, Love Fox Valley, North Woodriver Missionary Baptist District Association and Illinois Missionary Baptist State Convention; and chairman of the Good Samaritan Network, a nonprofit organization that provides holistic services to those in need.
Call (630) 844-4924 for more information on the presentations, or visit aurora.edu/calendar.