Well Read Black Girl Festival (https://www.wellreadblackgirl.org/)

Sorry for the many posts. This FREE festival goes all day today AND all day tomorrow.

https://www.wellreadblackgirl.org/

Saturday, November 7th
11:00AM - 11:45AM EST
Race and the newsroom: How Black women Shape Media
Panelists: Errin Haines, Zerlina Maxwell, Helena Andrews-Dyers
Moderator: Ko Bragg

12:00PM - 12:45PM EST
In Conversation: Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Moderator: Ebony LaDelle
Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, co-authors of the YA novel-in-verse Punching the Air, discuss how art can be healing and transformative.

1:00PM - 1:45PM EST
Use Your Voice: The Power of YA
Panelists: Tiffany Jackson, Kim Johnson, Ashley Woodfolk
Moderator: Nic Stone
YA writers Nic Stone, Tiffany Jackson, Kim Johnson, and Ashley Woodfolk discuss race, identity, and the value of youthful perspectives.

2:00PM - 2:45PM EST
“How Did You Write That Book?” Craft Talk
Panelists: Alyssa Cole, Alice Randall, and Megan Giddings
Moderator: Jenn Baker
This cross-genre conversation brings together three brilliant authors to discuss craft, creativity, and mastering the key elements of storytelling.

3:00PM - 3:45PM EST
Ida B. Wells and The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection
Panelists: Michelle Duster, Evette Dionne, Shaneé Yvette Murrain, and Allison Robinson
Moderator: Glory Edim
We explore the legacy of Black women suffragists with authors Evette Dionne and Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells.

4:00PM - 4:45PM EST
Reading History, Plotting Futures
Panelists: Charlotte Brathwaite, Dr. Martha S. Jones, and Jaimee Swift
Moderator: Savannah Wood
Dr. Martha S. Jones's new book Vanguard charts 200 years of Black women's political organizing in the United States. Charlotte Brathwaite's participatory theatrical productions guide audiences to articulate their relationship to democracy. Through Black Women Radicals, Jaimee Swift highlights lineages of Black women activists.

5:00PM - 5:45PM EST
Wandering in Strange Lands
Morgan Jerkins and Kaitlyn Greenidge discuss the complicated history of Black people in America from their arrival on slave ships, to the Great Migration, and through the present political moment.

6:00PM - 7:00PM EST
Behind The Book: Making Black Futures
An intimate conversation between co-editors Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham on their creative process and preserving their friendship while working together.

7:00PM - 8:00PM EST
Black Women On The Page
Panelists: Shayla Lawson, Melissa Valentine, and Raven Leilani
Moderator: Stevona Rogers
The creator of Black Women Are For Grown-Ups, Stevona Rogers, joins writers Shayla Lawson, Melissa Valentine, and Raven Leilani to discuss the ways Black women shape mainstream culture.

Sunday, November 8th
11:00AM - 12:00PM EST

Black Womanhood in the UK
Panelists: Kenya Hunt and Minna Salami
Moderator: Glory Edim
Kenya Hunt and Minna Salami discuss writing identities and how storytelling can spark transformation.

12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
Feminism Today
Panelists: Mikki Kendall, Koa Beck, Mia Birdsong
Moderator: Carla Bruce-Eddings
Koa Beck, Mia Birdsong and Mikki Kendall will be led in conversation by Carla Bruce-Eddings about the current state of feminism, how to show up, and who it leaves behind.

1:00PM - 2:00PM EST
Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi and Alexis Okeowo discuss Gyasi’s latest book, Transcendent Kingdom, and the realities of grief, familial obligations and Alabama.
2:00PM - 3:00PM EST

How to Look: Octavia Butler’s Legacy
Lynell George and Blair Imani discuss the greatness of Octavia Butler and George’s latest book and creative process.

3:00PM - 4:00PM EST
I Turned Myself into Myself: A Nikki Giovanni Tribute
Poets: Mahogany L. Browne, Naomi Extra, Aricka Foreman, Hafizah Geter, Aja Monet, Morgan Parker

4:00PM - 5:00PM EST
Keynote
In our keynote conversation, living legend Nikki Giovanni joins the Well-Read Black Girl festival to discuss her latest collection, Make Me Rain: Poems and Prose, her role in the Black Arts Movement and Black political power.