
Fall Faith-based Initiatives
Once again Fall is full of Faith-based and Faith-adjacent Initiatives! Today, on this crucial Election Day, I'll be at East Bay Booksellers in conversation with Wayétu Moore. Her acclaimed novel from Graywolf Press, She Would Be King, offers a magical retelling of Liberia's history through 3 characters - a Liberia villager, a Jamaican Maroon, and an enslaved American. 11/6 7pm #Oakland #Africanliterature #Liberia #WayétuMoore #EastBayBooksellers #Oakland #AfricanBookClub #Bla

Two Writing Workshops, One Deadline (2/19)!
Time to get cracking on your New Year's resolution to write more! Or to support a loved one who has a story. I'm teaching a community-based Meditation & Writing workshop in Oakland Feb 24 & Mar 3. It's generative and appropriate for all levels. And Travel Writing for People of Color this summer in Berkeley. 5 years ago VONA/Voices and I teamed up to launch the nation's 1st writing workshop exclusively for travelers of color! 50+ published articles and 4 partnerships (Away Jou

March Madness: 3 Events+International Women's Day+My Birthday!
Hot off the Associated Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair in DC and my stint as Clayton B Ofstad Visiting Writer in Missouri (which included a multimedia reading in a planetarium), comes March! TUESDAY MARCH 7 Headlining the 9th Sweetwater Session at Impact Hub 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Impact Hub, 2323 Broadway, Oakland Omi Gallery at Impact Hub Oakland is honored to host Faith Adiele for “Finding my Black Family (with Detours through Buddhism and Fibroids)” at The Sweetwater Se

Turns out my new nephew-by-marriage as obsessed with dinner & identity as I am
#CultureStories #Food #Nigerian #Popup #Identity #Blackness #Foodjustice #Family #BlackLivesMatter #GuessWhosComingtoDinner #PeoplesKitchenCollective #AlenaMuseum #Oakland #blacklove #storytelling #twins