Speaking Engagements

• May 11, 2007: “Sacred Activism & The Power of Inclusion,” national conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma [Contact: Rev. Bill Crowell, 918.699.0100]
• March 6, 2007: Norman, Oklahoma High School [Contact: Carolyn Ahern, 405.366.5870]]
• February 23, 2007: Oklahoma Central University Multicultural Conference [Contact: Dr. April Haulman, 405.974.5139]
• February 21, 2007: Leadership Tulsa [Contact: Wendy Thomas, 918.477-7080]
• February 16, 2007: Oklahoma State University-Tulsa [Contact: Dr. Lana Turner-Addison, 918.402.5422]
• November 7, 2006: Brookdale Community College, Newark, New Jersey [Contact: Lauren Brutsman, 732.224.2392]
• November 1, 2006; August 2, 2006; & June 16, 2006: Williams Diversity Sessions [Contact: Alison Anthony, 573-9676]
• June 10, 2006: 0klahoma All-Black Towns Tour [Contact: Alicia Latimer, 918-596-7205]
• June 6 - 7, 2006: Diversity Sessions for Sparks Health Center, Fort Smith, AR [Contact Bob Nicodemus, 479-441-5405]
• April 4, 20006: Oklahoma Alternative Schools Conference, Tulsa, OK
• March 3rd & February 24th, 2006: Diversity Training for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK [Contact: Dana Livington, 561-8278]
• February 7, 2006: OSU-Okmulgee, Okmulgee, OK [Contact Steve Rubert]
• January 27th & 28th, 2006: International Association of Fire Fighters—diversity training, San Antonio, TX
• January 19th & 20th, 2006: Indiana University School of Law diversity lecture, consulting, Bloomington, IN
• July 24, 2005: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers of the Southwest, Dallas, TX, Grapevine, TX [Contact: Mitch Land, Ph.D., 940-565-2205]
• June 11, 2005: All-Black Towns Tour [Contact: Kimberly Johnson, 918-596-7205]
• June 25, 2005: Heartland Authors Workshop, Tulsa, OK [Contact: Jodie Nida, 918-496-2620]
• February, 26, 2005: Connecting Communities Fellowship Program, Richmond, VA [Contact: Rob Corcoran, 804-358-1764]
• April 29, 2005: Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
• October 11, 2004: Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma [Contact: Dr. Earnest Holloway, President Emeritus]
• October 11, 2004: Leadership Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma [Contact: Wendy Thomas, Executive Director, 918-477-7079]
• March 13, 2004, Kellogg Fellows, Penn Center, South Carolina [Contact: Lawrence Dark, 301-404-3226]
• February 26, 2004: Wofford College, South Carolina [Contact: Darrin Goss, 864-597-4043]
• February 17, 2004: State Farm Insurance Regional Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma [Contact: Alisa Davis Bell]
• February 12, 2004: Oral Roberts University, annual Black History program [Contact: Dr. Mary Alice Trent-Williams, 918-495-6754]
• February 7, 2004: “Voices in the Struggle—African-American Authors and the Legacy of Words,” Readers & Writers Conference, Rudisill Library, Tulsa [Contact: Kimberly Johnson, 918-596-7205]
• January 31, 2004: Presentation to “Connecting Communities” Fellows, Richmond, VA [Contact: Rob Corcoran, 804-358-1764]
• January 26, 2004: Presentation to the International Association of Fire Fighters conference, Santa Monica, California [Contact: David Neun, 202-737-8484]
• January 19, 2004: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, speech for annual MLK ceremony sponsored by OKC NAACP and Temple B’nai Israel [Contact: Ted Herstand, OKC, OK, 405-848-0965]
• October 3, 2003: Omaha, Nebraska, speech for Leadership Omaha 25th Anniversary [Contact: Lynda W. Shafer, 402-978-7928]
• June 14, 2003: All-Black Towns Bus Tour, Tulsa, Oklahoma [Contact: Kimberly Johnson, African-American Resource Center, Rudisill North Regional Library, Tulsa City-County Library System, Tulsa, OK, 918-596-7205]
• February 3, 2003: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York [Contact: Kimberly C. Young, kcy4@cornell.edu]
• November 22, 2002: Congregation B’nai Emunah, Tulsa, OK [Contact: Mr. Greg “Skee” Raskin, Program Director, 918-583-7121]
• November 17, 2002: Presentation & Signing at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, GA [Contact: Mr. Marty Smith, 404-331-6922 (X3600) or 770-855-4172]
• October 23, 2002: Greenwood Cultural Center, Tulsa, OK [Contact: Ms. Cindy Driver, Education Specialist, 918-596-1024 or 918-850-5291]
• April 14, 2002: Langston University, Langston, OK [Contact: Dr. Eric Anthony Joseph, 405-642-3799]
• June 12, 2002: Signing at HUD Conference in Orlando, FL and prior speaking engagement at HUD conference in San Antonio, TX [Contact: Mr. Floyd May, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 202-708-0768 (X6957)]

MISCELLANEOUS PREVIOUS SAMPLE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Lecture & Signing @ Annual Meeting of Junior League of Tulsa, Inc. (Contact Dr. Brenda Lloyd Jones,
• 918-660-3483 or 918-496-9677)
• Lecture & Signing @ IRS Black History Celebration, Little Rock, AR (Contact Ms. Carla Love, 501-324-5396 X246)
• Lecture for Oklahoma Council for the Social Studies, Edmond, OK
• Presentation and Signing at Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Campus
• Lecture & Signing @ Southwest Power Association, Tulsa
• Presentation & Signing @ INRC, Indianapolis, IN
• Presentation & Signing @ IBBMEC, Washington, D.C.
• Lecture & Signing, The University of Tulsa College of Law
• Presentation & Signing @ William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
• Lecture & Signing @ University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Facilitator/panelist @ Red Dirt Book Festival, Shawnee, OK (2003)
• Panelist @ National Conference of Minority Suppliers (2004)