Since 2013, Jack Hamilton Ohman has been the editorial cartoonist and Associate Editor at The Sacramento Bee. He draws five cartoons per week plus a Sunday column and also writes editorials. He previously worked at The Columbus Dispatch, the Detroit Free Press and The Oregonian. His work is syndicated through Tribune Content Agency to 200 newspapers and in 1980, when he was 19, was the youngest ever nationally syndicated cartoonist signed with Chicago Tribune-New York

News Syndicate. Ohman won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist in 2012. He also won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Scripps Howard Award, the National Headliner Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, and two first place Best of The West Awards. He was a finalist for the Herblock Prize in 2013. Ohman is the author of ten books, four on the subject of fly fishing. He was a freelance artist for ABC News Nightline from 1984-1985; drew the comic strip Mixed Media, which appeared in 170 newspapers, from 1994-1998; and was a regular contributor to Foreign Policy Magazine from 1994-1998.

Allison Page is a writer/actor/playwright/Artistic Director of San Francisco sketch comedy company Killing My Lobster. She is originally from northern, rural Minnesota, has been in the Bay Area for eight years, and spent most of her early 20s as a hairstylist trimming mullets in a Walmart. Her writing has been featured in Women of Letters, Write Club SF, Shipwreck, The SF Olympians Festival, SF Theater Pub and others. Her published works include HILARITY, a full length

drama about comedy, and an autobiographical piece in Airmail: Women of Letters from Penguin Australia. Her commissioned full-length play KILGALLEN/JONES will have its world premiere in San Francisco at the EXIT Theatre in March 2017. She is fascinated and terrified by politics. Occasionally she posts things on Medium @AllisonLynnPage.

James Cagney is a poet and writer from Oakland. Since 1995, Cagney has appeared as a featured poet at venues in Chicago, Sacramento, Vancouver, San Francisco, and Mumbai. Over the years he has performed at countless readings series including (but not limited to) the East Bay Beast Crawl, San Francisco Litquake, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco Public Library, and Masonic Auditorium. His work has been published online and in print via Eleven Eleven, Tandem, Lime Hawk, Print Oriented Bastards, and Typehouse Magazine. Visit his blog at https://thedirtyrat.blog/.

Our Presenters

Event Schedule 12:30PM Check In 1:00PM Welcome 1:15PM Allison Page 1:30PM James Cagney

BREAK 2:30PM Jack Ohman 3:30PM-5:00PM Anniversary Reception and Resource Fair

3 ways to register! 1. PREFERRED! Online registration, visit www.OurLifeStories.org for fulldetails.2. Download and print the Registration Form from www.OurLifeStories.org and

mail with payment as instructed.3. Visit the Hart Senior Center, located at 915 27th Street in Sacramento. In

person registration takes place Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM.

Conference fee is $25. Registration deadline is Friday, April 21st; no onsite registration. Space is limited.

About Our Event Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Our Life Stories cross-generational writers’ conference! As always, Our Life Stories centers on memoir writing (particularly family stories) and, for our 10th anniversary celebration, the spotlight is on humor. This year’s event showcases nationally-recognized writers, including Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist and essayist Jack Ohman, poet and short story writer James Cagney, and comedienne Allison Page. Following the great line-up of speakers offering learning, discovery, and inspiration in the Recital Hall, all attendees are invited to a writers’ resource fair and catered reception at the campus Art Gallery.