Strength and fitness coach Chrissy King was joined by our Director in a conversation hosted by Enoch Pract Free Library. There, they talked about Chrissy King's new book The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom. In this video, Chrissy king, the author, challenges the diet and fitness industries that she argues uphold Eurocentric beauty standards.  The author reflects on her own relationship with her body and how others can learn to not just embrace body positivity but moreover body liberation. 

Chrissy King is a writer, educator and strength and fitness coach.   

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Comedian, author, director, and Emmy-award winning television host W. Kamau Bell will offer his thoughts on the current state of race and politics in America.   The host and executive producer of CNN’s The United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell explores social and political topics by initiating conversations with people throughout the country.  W. Kamau Bell will be joined in conversation by our director, Karsonya "Kaye" Whise Whitehead.

W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian and the director and executive producer of the documentary We Need to Talk About Cosby.  He is also the host and executive producer of CNN’s The United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell.   Mr. Bell is the author of The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell and the recently published Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book co-authored with Kate Schatz. 
See the article in the Baltimore Magazine

From Emmy Award winner Tamron Hall comes an edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring journalist Jordan Manning as she delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman—or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors.

Our director joins her in conversation to talk about her book, Watch Where They Hide, along other topics in this Enoch Pratt Library Hosted event.

Misty Copeland, the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater,  reflects on the impact that her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, had on her life and career. Ms. Wilkinson was the first African American woman to dance with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

Our director joins her in conversation during this Enoch Pratt Library Hosted event.

Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith looks at the legacy of slavery in America though his visits to historical monuments and landmarks. Throughout the author’s travels, from Monticello to New Orleans and Manhattan, he reflects on the ways that we talk and also avoid talking about slavery.

Our director joins him in conversation during this Enoch Pratt Library Hosted event.