"An Opportunity for Black Writers..." Emily Raboteau on the 17th National Black Writers Conference

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Emily Raboteau writes at the intersection of social and environmental justice, race, climate change, and parenthood. Teju Cole calls her latest work, Lessons for Survival, "Vital work here…it’s about paying attention to life, and how love is the residue of such attention.”
Join us March 20 - 23, 2024 when more than 50 Black award-winning writers (including Michael Eric Dyson, Kevin Powell, Edwidge Danticat, Karen Hunter, Kwame Dawes, Marc Lamont Hill, Jelani Cobb, Bettina Love, Patricia Spears Jones, Donna Hill, and others) will address the dangers of book bans, a call for social justice activism, environmental racism, dei blowback, the need for emotional healing, and more! Students, scholars, writers, readers, and literature enthusiasts of all genres, ages, and backgrounds are welcome.
EMILY RABOTEAU WILL SPEAK AT THIS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Friday, March 22, 2024
"Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice"
featuring Marc Lamont Hill, Bettina Love, Wesley Lowery, and Emily Raboteau
Moderator: Christina Greer (NEW!)
Founders Auditorium
(located at 1650 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, at Medgar Evers College)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
The speakers will focus on how technology, the visual media, a public pandemic, and environmental racism have shifted how we persist, teach, and talk about the impact of race and social justice in our educational institutions, communities, and public spaces.
Learn more, get all the details, and register today at www.CenterForBlackLiterature.org.
Promo video created and produced by BKReader, a NBWC2024 media sponsor.

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So amped for this conference. Let's go!!!