Carolivia Herron

Appearances

carolivia@carolivia.org

February, 2001

February 2, 2001

Keynote speaker, "Nappy Hair," Calvin Rodwell Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact Carolivia Herron at carolivia@carolivia.org if you are interested in having Professor Herron share with your school or organization.

February 3, 2001

Roundtable leader, "Nappy Hair," and PAUSE (Potomac Anacostia Ultimate Story Exchange) email mentoring program for children, Kiwanis Club Capital District Midwinter Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia. Carolivia Herron is the president-elect of the Northeast Washington, DC Kiwanis Club, and directs the PAUSE program for linking pupils with email mentors. Contact her at carolivia@carolivia.org if you would like her to speak to your Kiwanis Club.

February 7, 2001

Jewish Africana teacher, Jewish Study Center at Adas Israel, Washington, DC. Three sessions, Wednesdays, February 7 to February 21, 7:00 to 8:15 PM, 2850 Quebec Street, NW (Metro: Red Line / Cleveland Park). Go to http://jewishstudycenter.org for more information.

February 8, 2001

Volunteer Creative Writing teacher, Brookland Elementary School, Washington, DC (part of PAUSE, the Potomac Anacostia Ultimate Story Exchange, which links pupils with email mentors).

February 9, 2001

St. John's University, 6:15 PM, for junior high and senior high students, Queen's, New York. More information forthcoming.

February 14, 2001

Jewish Africana teacher, Jewish Study Center at Adas Israel, Washington, DC. Three sessions, Wednesdays, February 7 to February 21, 7:00 to 8:15 PM, 2850 Quebec Street, NW (Metro: Red Line / Cleveland Park). Go to http://jewishstudycenter.org for more information.

February 18, 2001

"Between the Word and the Image: Re-telling the Story." Carolivia Herron and Javaka Steptoe at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, from 1 to 4 PM. Come and create blues stanzas to connect with Herron's "Nappy Hair."

February 19, 2001

"A Second Look: The African Woman and Her Daughters." Carolivia Herron reading "Nappy Hair" with call and response audiences, Brooklyn Children's Museum at 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 PM. Other events include hair-braiding and discussion of hair objects from the Brooklyn Children's Museum collection.

February 21, 2001

Jewish Africana teacher, Jewish Study Center at Adas Israel, Washington, DC. Three sessions, Wednesdays, February 7 to February 21, 7:00 to 8:15 PM, 2850 Quebec Street, NW (Metro: Red Line / Cleveland Park). Go to http://jewishstudycenter.org for more information.

February 26, 2001

Keynote Speaker at George Washington University Hillel Yom Yeladim, a meeting of Hillel students from throughout the United States, to discuss activities to help children. Carolivia Herron will discuss the email mentoring program PAUSE (Potomac Anacostia Ultimate Story Exchange), which she directs. Mayflower Hotel, 2:15 to 3:45 PM, Washington, DC.

February 27 to March 16, 2001

Grinnell College. Professor Herron to teach Star Trek as American Epic. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 PM. Grinnell, Iowa.

March 21, 2001

"Nappy Hair in the context of Women's Beauty," Washington College, 7:00 PM, Chestertown, Maryland.

March 27 to 28, 2001

"Untangling Nappy Hair," University of Illinois at Chicago. Details to come.

April, 2001

April 2, 2001

"Backtalking Dialogue" presentation for USA Today staff, Arlington, Virginia.

April 4 — 10, 2001

Research for "Night Girl," children's play commissioned by Lincoln Center, Mozambique.

April 12, 2001

Keynote Speaker, "Hair in African Culture Exhibit," Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan.

April 13, 2001

Panel leader, "Update on Nappy Hair," Popular Culture Conference, with Donnae Jackson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

May — December, 2001

June 14 — 16, 2001

"A Nappy Hair Affair" dramatic presentation, Dallas, Texas. Details to follow.

October 14, 2001

Keynote Speaker, IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.