Events

The National Women’s Studies Association featured my book, ‘The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Black Women Survivors Resilience and Recovery’, in their ‘Celebration of New Books and Authors at the 2023 Annual Conference in Baltimore Maryland. My...

Looking for a family friendly event ? Come to the Richmond Diversity Center the Richmond Black book festival. Organizers are expecting up to 3,000 people. There will be books for all audiences, fiction or non-fiction. I am a featured speaker and will give a talk on my...

I gave a talk at The Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory. The three-day event attracted scholars whose work is grounded in one or both constructs. My talk highlighted one aspect of my book, the Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Black...

Recently, the Daniel A.P. Murray African American Cultural Association housed at the Library of Congress invited me to give a talk on Hurricane Katrina Women survivors. The Zoom session drew academic researchers, librarians, and those interested in hurricanes and the...

The CLEO Book Club invited me to give a talk on Mississippi Hurricane Katrina women survivors. It was a pleasure to meet this group of Black women readers in Centreville which is right outside Washington DC.  I was delighted to see these women walk into the room with...

My 2022 Mississippi Book Tour to promote The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Black Women Survivors Resilience and Recovery was a huge success. First, I attended the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. Of 350 authors I was interviewed by WJTV TV. ...

Recently, I was invited to give the Keynote address at the Richmond African American Book Fair. The event was attended by over 500 people. My talk was well-received and book sales were very good.  Check out more here. Keynote Speaker at the Richmond African American...

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