While COVID has made many things challenging, it has made partnering for big events easier. Please see attached (and pasted below) press release for exciting news on a partnership with Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Maryland State Library and many others to host author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi, July 20, online for our communities.
Robyn Truslow
Public Relations Coordinator
Calvert Library
850 Costley Way
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-0291
410-535-3022 (fax)
June 24, 2020 Contact: Nicholas A. Brown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE nicholas.brown@pgcmls.info
Ibram X. Kendi Joins Prince George’s County and Maryland Partners
For Virtual Discussion of “How to Be an Antiracist”
Largo, Maryland – 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his renowned book “How to Be an Antiracist” on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College. Dr. Dukes is the first African-American woman to serve as president of the College and has 30 years of progressive leadership experience and administrative responsibility in higher education. The conversation will be streamed live online on Crowdcast, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter/Periscope, and will air on PGCC TV on a later date. Register for this free virtual conversation with Dr. Kendi by visiting KendiPGC.eventbrite.com.
Praised as “The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind” (New York Times), Kendi’s groundbreaking work has provided a major new counterpoint in the national conversation about race in America and resonates in this, our collective moment of reckoning.
Ibram X. Kendi is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, a professor of history, and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He is a columnist at The Atlantic and a correspondent with CBS News. He is the author of five books
including “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction; “How to Be an Antiracist”; “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,” co-authored with Prince George’s County native Jason Reynolds; and “Antiracist Baby,” illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky.
This special event is presented by a consortium of organizations based in Prince George’s County and Maryland, including Joe’s Movement Emporium, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System and PGCMLS Foundation, Prince George’s County Community College’s Center for Performing Arts, Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission, and Maryland State Library, with generous support from Wells Fargo.
In the lead-up to Kendi’s virtual appearance, the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System and Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission will discuss “How To Be an Antiracist” and its call to action on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m. as part of their “The Elephant We Don’t See: A Diversity Dialogue” Series. The author will not be present for this discussion. Register for the June 30 event here.
Ibram X. Kendi’s appearance is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Maryland State Library. The following Maryland public libraries are co-presenters of this virtual event: Allegany County Library System, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Calvert Library, Caroline County Public Library, Carroll County Public Library, Charles County Public Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Howard County Library System, and Kent County Public Library.
Copies of the “How to Be an Antiracist” ebook and audiobook are available through Calvert Library and other partner libraries via the Maryland Digital eLibrary Consortium and RBDigital. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi may be purchased through Loyalty Books.
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