Ekere’s speaking schedule

February 22, 2020 – “Layla’s Happiness” Storytime  @ An Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA
February 16, 2020 – -“Layla’s Happiness” Storytime @ Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
December 8, 2019 – “Layla’s Happiness” Storytime and Crafts @ CAMP, NY, NY
December 7, 2019 -“Layla’s Happiness”  Book Release Party, Rizzoli Bookstore, NY, NY
November 30, 2019 -“Layla’s Happiness”, Symposium Books, Providence, RI
November 9, 2019 – “Layla’s Happiness” Book Release Party, Brown University’s Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, Providence, RI
June 9, 2018 – “Strut” Book Release Party, Langston Hughes House, NYC, NYC
June 3, 2018 – Kith & Kin Reading Series, QED, Queens, NYC
April 28, 2018 – Central Library Jamaica, Queens, NY
April 19, 2018 – Split This Rock Quitting History! Poets Penning Liberation with Enzo Silon Surin and Shauna Morgan
April 17, 2018 – Soul Sister Revue, Cornelia Street Cafe, NY,NY
March 31, 2018 – Rock Solid Women’s Festival, Joe’s Pub, NY,NY
Feb 27, 2018 – Queens Writers Resist, Teraza 7 Elmhurst , NY
January 24, 2018 – Grace Church School, NY, NY
Jan 21, 2018 – Bloom Reading Series, Hudson View Gardens NY,NY
April 27, 2017 – Take Back the Night Keynote Address, Cal State Chico, Chico,CA
April 8, 2017 – Sunnyside branch of Queens Library, NY, NY
March 26, 2017 – Bowery Poetry Club, NY, NY
Feb 16, 2017 – Coastline community College, Fountain Valley, CA
Feb 16, 2017 – Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Feb 15, 2017 – Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
Feb 10-11, 2017 – AWP Conference, Washington, DC
Feb 9 – 2017 – Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA
July 13, 2016 – World Fellowship Center, Conway NH (reading)
May 7, 2016 – Periodically Speaking at the New York Public Library, NY, NY
April 23, 2016 – Women Writers in Bloom 5 Year Anniversary Celebration, Brooklyn, NY
April 7, 2016 – Q-Boro Literary Crawl, Queens, NY
April 3, 2016 – National Black Writers Conference, Brooklyn, NY (with Donna Hill, Meena Alexander and Bernice McFadden)
March 31, 2016 – Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
March 31, 2016 – Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
March 29, 2016 – Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA
March 17, 2016 – National Black Writers Conference, Brooklyn, NY
March 2, 2016 – Pen and Brush Presents…, NY, NY
February 17, 2016 – Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA
November 13, 2015 – Center for Book Arts, NY, NY (curated the Broadside Reading Series featuring Aziza Barnes and Jacqueline Johnson)
November 7, 2015 – Word Up: Community Bookshop, NY, NY (with Joanna Fuhrman, Yesenia Montilla, Urayoán Noel, Christina Olivares, Joe Pan)
November 3, 2015 – Center for Book Arts, NY, NY (curated the Broadside Reading Series featuring Amber Atiya and t’ai freedom ford)
October 30, 2015 – Center for Book Arts, NY, NY (curated the Broadside Reading Series featuring Randall Horton & Cheryl Boyce Taylor)
October 28, 2015 – SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
July 18, 2015-Harlem Book Fair, NY, NY
April 30, 2015 – Lehman College, Bronx, NY
April 24, 2015 – Whitehall High School, Whitehall, NY
April 14, 2015 – Harry S Truman High School, Bronx, NY
April 3, 2015 – Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
March 26, 2015 – Savannah State University, Savannah, GA
March 11, 2015 – Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
March 1, 2015 – Albany State University, Albany, GA
February 26, 2015 – Lehman College, Bronx, NY
February 24, 2015 – Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA
February 12, 2015 – Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
February 11, 2015 – Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Moorhead, MN
February 10, 2015 – Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls, MN
December 26, 2014 – The Watering Hole 2014 Winter Writing Retreat, Santee, SC
October 22, 2014 – Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
September 24, 2014 – James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
September 24-27, 2014 June 6, 2014 – Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
May 28, 2014 – National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), Indianapolis, IN
May 12, 2014 – Whitehall High School, Whitehall, NY
May 7, 2014 – Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, NY, NY
May 4, 2014 – Harlem Arts Salon, NY, NY (with Rich Villar and Willie Perdomo)
May 3, 2014 – Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Salem, MA (with w/Rosebud Ben-Oni, Carolina Ebeid and Sheila Maldanado)
April 30, 2014 – Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
April 26, 2014 – Afrikan Poetry Theater, Jamaica, NY
April 24, 2014 – College of Staten Island – NY, NY (with Roger Bonair-Agard and Rich Villar)
April 15, 2014 – Spelman College – Atlanta, GA
April 10, 2014 – Howard University, Washington, DC (with Bonafide Rojas and Rich Villar)
April 7, 2014 – Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA
April 2, 2014 – Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
April 1, 2014 – Anderson University, Anderson, IN
March 28, 2014 – Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
March 25, 2014 – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX
March 20, 2014 – Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
March 18, 2014 – Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn NY
March 17, 2014 – Alvernia University, Reading, PA
March 12, 2014 – North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
March 12, 2014 – Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
March 11, 2014 – Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
March 6, 2014 – Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
March 5, 2014 – University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, Johnstown, PA
February 22, 2014 – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
February 21, 2014 – The Writers Place, Kansas City, MO
February 17, 2014 – Marietta College, Marietta, OH
February 13, 2014 – Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
January 28, 2014 – Ashford University, Clinton, IA

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