Events

2010

March

8 - Speaking at Bradley University

            Peoria, IL

 

15 - Speaking for Gillis Long Poverty Law Center
            Loyola College of Law
            526 Pine St.
            New Orleans LA
            6:30 p.m.

 

April

 

24 -  Receiving an award from the Milwaukee Press Club
            The Italian Community Center
            631 E. Chicago St.
            Milwaukee WI
            6:30 p.m.

 

June

7 - Speaking and signing books
           Fatherhood Initiative
           Detroit MI

           details tk

26 - Reading and signing books

            The Fourth Annual Austin African American Book Festival
Austin TX

            details tk

 

 


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BOOK EVENTS for Before I Forget and Forward From This Moment
(Check out the reviews here)

 

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ARCHIVE OF PAST EVENTS


APRIL 2009

14th

·        Books & Books, 8pm
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL

 

15th

·        Broward County Main Library, 1-2pm
100 S. Andrews Ave

Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33301

17th

·        Decatur Library building, 7pm
reading at the Georgia Center for the Book at the Decatur library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA 30030

 

18th

·        Auburn Avenue Research Library, 3 pm
Heritage Education Center Auditorium, 4th floor 
101 Auburn Ave NE
Atlanta, GA‎

 

22st

·        Joseph-Beth Bookstore INFO TK

25th

·       Politics & Prose Bookstore, 6pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW

Washington, DC 20008

 


MAY

6th

·        Eso Won Books, 7pm
4331 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90008

 

25th

        NPR Radio,  1 pm
Michael Eric Dyson's syndicated program

 

27th

·        Central Library, 6:30 PM
Poe Room
400 Cathedral St.,
Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, March 3 -- 7:00 p.m.

Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center
Chattanooga, TN 
Sponsor: Hamilton County Schools

Monday, March 9 -- 7:30 p.m.

McCrary Theater
Elon University
Elon, NC 

Sponsors: Elon University School of Communication
and the Truitt Center for Religious/Spiritual Life
For more information, click here.

Wednesday, March 18

Mayfair Hotel and Spa
Coconut Grove, FL

10th Annual Conference of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
For conference registration information, click here.

Thursday, April 16

Tampa Hyatt
Tampa, FL

Keynote address for the statewide convention of the Florida Scholastic Press Association
For more information, click here.

April 21 -- 7:30 a.m.

Charlotte NC, location TBA
Community Breakfast Forum on Public Education
 
Sponsored by: Mecklenberg Citizens For Public Education,
Charlotte, NC
For tickets and further information, click here.

October 16, 2009 - Ethics and the Media Workshop
8 am - 3 pm - $20 registration fee
School of Communication/University of Miami
5100 Brunson Dr.
Coral Gables FL

For more information, call 305-350-0631 or email ethics@miamidade.gov


October 25, 2009 - Eastminster Town Hall
7:30 - 9 pm - Free and open to the public
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
1958 N Webb Rd.  
Wichita, KS  67206-3404

For more information: www.eastminster.org

 

NOVEMBER

 

8 SUN After 10am & 12pm services

Book signing
Community of Hope AME Church

Iverson Mall, 3701 Branch Ave, Hillcrest Heights, MD 20748

 

13 FRI 9:30am

Presentation
Student Literary Encounters program

Auditorium/Pavilion Tent A
open to MDCPS high school students

 

14 SAT 1:30-2:30pm

Miami Book Fair - Auditorium/Pavilion Tent B
Miami-Dade Community College campus

Presenters: Ana Menendez and Liz Balmaseda

www.miamibookfair.com

 

21 SAT 3:30pm

Book signing
Black Heritage Reference Center of Queens County

Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center of Queens Library,

100-01 Northern Blvd, Corona NY 11368

 

28 SAT 2pm

Book signing
Enoch Pratt Library

400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore MD 21201 410.396.5430

 

DECEMBER

1 THURS TBA

Speaking about Before I Forget at the Brickell Avenue Library Society

 

6 TUES TBA
Book signing

Gospel Uptown restaurant in Harlem, NY

 
2008 Events:
 
April 26, 2008
Peace of Highlands County, Inc.
Sebring, FL
 
May 7, 2008
Claude Brown Writers and Readers Series
Washington, DC
 
May 10, 2008
Commencement Address
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
 
May 16, 2008
Commencement Address
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
 
June 1, 2008
Keynote Address
St. Frances Academy
Baltimore, MD
 
June 6, 2008
NAACP Annual Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet, Roanoke, VA
 
June 20, 2008
South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy,
Columbia, SC
 
August 20, 2008
Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, 2nd Annual Fatherhood Conference, Charleston, WV
 
September 22, 2008
Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN
 
November 8, 2008
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
 
November 13, 2008
Annual Ediucation Summit, Guilford Education Alliance,
Jamestown, NC
 
 

January

15 - Speaking and signing books for  Martin Luther King Day
Oakland Community College

Orchard Ridge Campus

            27055 Orchard Lake Rd.

            Farmington Hills, MI

            9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

16 - Speaking for Martin Luther King Day Prayer Breakfast

            Martin Luther King Association of Asheville and Buncombe County

            Grove Park Inn Country Club and Spa

            290 Macon Dr.

            Asheville, NC

            8:30 a.m.

 

25 - Speaking for freshman seminar on “Tolerance and Respect”

Illinois College

            1101 W. College Ave.

            Jacksonville, IL

            Time TBA

 

31- Speaking at New Gardens Friends meeting

            Greensboro, NC
            details tk

 

February

 

5 - Speaking and receiving 2010 William Allen White Citation

            The University of Kansas

William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Lawrence, KS

1:30 p.m.

 

27 - Book reading and signing

Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202

            2 p.m.



 

 

 

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