The Sacramento Speakers Series is a community lecture series that runs from September through April with roughly one lecture per month. The series is open to the public by subscription to the entire series of speakers. For tickets and more information, please visit https://www.sacramentospeakers.com/ or call 916-388-1100.

More About Venus Williams: Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player.  A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, she has won seven grand slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open.  With four gold medals and one silver Venus is the most decorated tennis player in Olympic history ahead of her nearest rival, younger sister Serena.  She is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.  In 2022 she was listed in Sports Illustrated 100 Influential Black Women in Sports.