Events

Its Graduation time! I will be sharing a few words with these great minds as they begin to step out of one journey and into another world of possibilities. All are welcome to attend!

We are back with our 6th annual book giveaway this year. So many joys and celebrations as we support summer reading within our communities. I hope you will be an advocate for summer reading and spread the good news about books. They change you, support you, and build you in so many ways! Head to… Read More »“May I” Book giveaway for May

If you know me by now, I dont wait until a "holiday," on the calendar to make an event that inspires me! This is our youth black excellence month, where I highlight the excellence that already exists. If you have a youth that you would like to be shouted out on my FB page, please… Read More »Youth Black Excellence Month

The Sandbox invites community literacies workers to write thought provoking, accessible, brief policy memos, reports, or essays on a timely issue within literacy learning and practice. Please click the link below or here, to enjoy my literacy narrative autobiography writing and other great writers who share their passions to inspire, encourage, and impact the world… Read More »Sandbox- The joy of writing with Community Literacies Collaboration

I will be at the Fort Smith, AR. Juneteenth celebration presenting a spoken word piece. Sharing my poem Jubilee Dance at 6pm. Details are found here on this link. See you there!   Juneteenth is the oldest nationally/internationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in… Read More »Juneteenth Celebration & spoken word presentation 6pm

Juneteenth is set in Tulsa, OK. for 2025!! I will be speaking again this year with B.E.E. Get ready for an exciting weekend of networking, shopping, and community connections at the 9th Annual Black Economic Expo during Juneteenth weekend! Date: June 20-22, 2025 Location: Greenwood Cultural Center

I am so excited to start our newsletter for the reading ambassador program we have. We send out a newsletter twice a year and include with it a book for our ambassadors. I truly believe that at the heart of learning is words! And they really do matter to a young mind. I sure thought… Read More »August Newsletter/Reading Ambassadors

Join us for a storytime with award-winning local author Angela Glass as she reads her book, "Are My Glasses Too Big?" Angela Glass is a poet, award-winning writer, and author of her women's book Words Matter.  A motivational speaker and advocate for youth literacy, Angela has written books that focus on embracing your purpose, along with children's… Read More »Book Reading in Rogers, AR.

Ladies, join me on my Facebook page for this wonderful time as we do some simple things that can create powerful changes as we look into our 2026 year. We are fasting 3x a month starting this month~ October ~ until December 2025. You choose how you want to fast. I have given some ideas… Read More »3 on 3 Fast-INspire-Encourage

Enjoy a personal piece of mine, written in 2023 after reading some of the book: The Body Keeps the Score-Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Repeat after Me Yo’ child taking pills, Underlying they don’t know what’s real. Through your hurt and pain, Very seldom it’s… Read More »I Love Poetry- Black Poetry Day 10/17

I am excited to partner with Fruit of the Vine as we connect to get our garden ready for picking and learning! Follow along on my Facebook page for any updates! We are getting ready to plant for our cold season...can you think of a few items that might be good to see sprouting from… Read More »K.I.D.S. Community Garden

We gave out over 200 free books as we walked the Fort Smith Parade today at 3pm! Can I say thank you for our volunteers from NAACP youth council, friends, and my girls who were ready to step up and help!