EVENTS
Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington,
founder of the Social Justice Institute,
will be in conversation with Joan
October 19, 2021.
Upcoming
LOVING BEFORE LOVING
Special Event !
Seattle's East West Bookshop
Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 5 pm PST
With the legendary Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington
Topic: LOVE, Essential for Social Justice
FREE, Virtual, must register
Past Events for
LOVING BEFORE LOVING
(many with YouTube videos)
Imagining Justice, Heart and Soul Center of Light, Oakland, CA
May 19, 2021
http://heartsoulcenter.org/imaginingjustice
With Valerie Joi Fiddmont, co-host
In collaboration with Book Passage, offering signed + personalized books:
https://www.bookpassage.com/book/9780299331009
Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, NY
May 20, 2021
With Ellery Washington, Professor of Writing, Pratt Institute, author of the forthcoming novel Buffalo
Video of the conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziDHuy0-F44
Politics and Prose. Washington, D.C.
May 24, 2021
With Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College and
NY Times Best-selling author, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Video of the conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR-MHPPHYaM
East End Books, Provincetown, Mass.
May 26, 2021
With Jewelle Gomez, award-winning author of The Gilda Stories, and Maxine Wolfe, co-founder of Act Up National Women's Committee
MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora), San Francisco, CA
June 11. 2021
A special event in honor of Loving Day
With Sarah Ladipo Manyika, award-winning author of Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Video of the conversation:
Alta Mesa Center for the Arts, Orinda, CA
Sunday, July 11, 4 pm PST
With Irma Herrera, playwright, Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?
Video of the conversation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP8MlxmyPQE
Buy signed copies
https://www.orindabooks.com/book/9780299331009
Four-Eyed Frog Books
Gualala, CA
Sunday, August 22, 2-3 pm PST
In-person Reading and Book Signing
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID, SORRY
To schedule an event please email
Dr. Lester through the contact tab above.