Ako Abdul-Samad, member of the Iowa House of Representatives, and founder and CEO of Creative Visions Human Development Institute, will host a convocation at Central College later this month. Abdul-Samad’s address, “Real Conversations: Turning Pain Into Power,” will relate to this year’s common reading book at Central, “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates.” The convocation will be held in Douwstra Auditorium at 11 am on the 19th of this month.