In honor of the new Toni Morrison US Postal Service Commemorative Forever stamp, there will be an open and inclusive multicultural community celebration/reading of excerpts and reflections on Morrison's writings. The community reading will be preceded by an opening presentation by Dr.Tiffany Caesar, Africana Studies Professor at San Francisco State University. Dr. Caesar will present on the significance of Morrison’s life, work and legacy followed by a brief Q&A session.
Dr. Tiffany Caesar calls herself a “Black Woman’s Archivist” due to her ongoing research on the preservation of transnational black women leaders and engagement with public history: Queen Mother Moore, Margaret Walker, and Phyllis Ntantala. Dr. Caesar was a Mellon scholar at the Margaret Walker Center and a Faculty Fellow for the Institute for Social Justice and Race Relation at Jackson State University.
LOCATION:Visitacion Valley - Visitacion Valley Meeting Room CLASS:PUBLIC TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT1440M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Event Reminder - Presentation: The Living Spirit of Toni Morrison END:VALARM END:VCALENDAR