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title: "What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited for: May 2024"
description: Here's what WPLN staff recommend reading, watching, and listening to during the month of May 2024, as well as what we're excited for!
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# [What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited for: May 2024](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/what-wpln-is-reading-watching-listening-to-and-excited-for-may-2024)

 Written by [Sarah Quinlan](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/author/sarah-quinlan) | May 30, 2024 7:06:48 PM

**READING |* Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action*, by Simon Sinek: **Dawn Crandall, founder of WPLN's Michigan training partner She Holds the Key, recommended this book earlier this month, saying that "it embodies the mission" of SHTK. We feel the same! [Learn more](https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447).

**WATCHING | The Idea of You on Amazon Prime Video:** This movie stars Anne Hathaway as a single mother in her 40s who begins a love affair with the lead singer of a popular boy band. [Learn more](https://www.amazon.com/Idea-You-Anne-Hathaway/dp/B0CV72X1BL).

**LISTENING TO | "Black Women Aspire To Carve a GOP Legacy" of The Switch Up With Cheyanne M. Daniels: **For this episode, Cheyanne spoke with Kimberly Klacik and Roxy Ndebumadu ([who WPLN has previously interviewed](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/2023/3/20/march-tips-from-the-trail-with-roxy-ndebumadu)!) about being Black Republican women. [Learn more](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-women-aspire-to-carve-a-gop-legacy-the-switch/id1694574528?i=1000655467196).

**EXCITED FOR | The #WPLNSummit agenda!** The wait is over: The agenda for our highly anticipated 2024 National Summit is finally here! [Check out our website now](https://womenspublicleadership.net/national-summit) to see the incredible lineup for our 2024 Summit and other details including registration options, event sponsors, and a day-by-day itinerary of what's in store.

[Click here to read the May 2024 newsletter.](https://go.womenspublicleadership.net/wpln-newsletter-may-2024)

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