BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts,Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series,The Big Read,Campus-Life, Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Hope College’s NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Jack Ridl Visiting Wr iters Series are partnering to host a conversation with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar\, author of “Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of T heir Runaway Slave\, Ona Judge” and “Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge\, ” the complementary young reader’s edition.\n\n“Never Caught: A Conversatio n with Erica Armstrong Dunbar” will occur on Wednesday\, Nov. 11\, 2020\, a t 3:30 p.m. ET and is intended for readers of all ages. Dunbar will respon d to questions and comments about her writing and work on the uncomfortable concepts of slavery\, racial injustice\, gender equality and the ways she is able to marvel at the incredible triumph of survival and the beautiful h istory of resistance.\n\nDue to COVID-19\, this event and others will be ho sted virtually. More information and the full program schedule can be found on bigreadlakeshore.com.\n\nThe NEA Big Read Lakeshore’s 2020 selection is “In the Heart of the Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick. “As we delve into a new genre for our program\, historical nonfiction\, our guiding questions focus on whose history tends to get told and whose history is left out or silenc ed\,” said Dr. Deborah Van Duinen\, associate professor of English educatio n and director of the NEA Big Read Lakeshore. “We’re thrilled to involve Dr . Dunbar in our program as her book helps our community explore these timel y\, important\, and relevant questions together.”\n\nBoth “Never Caught” bo oks are an eye-opening look into the life of America’s First Family. Ona Ju dge risked everything to escape the nation’s capital and find freedom. Thes e award-winning books give a glimpse into the life of a powerful\, yet litt le-known\, figure in American history and how George Washington used his po litical and personal contacts to lead a manhunt and recapture his property. \n\nErica Armstrong Dunbar is a writer and historian\, currently teaching a t Rutgers University as the Charles and Mary Beard Distinguished Professor of History. Her work focuses on the concepts of slavery\, racial injustice and gender inequality.\n\nAn accomplished scholar\, Dunbar was named the na tional director of the Association of Black Women Historians in 2019\, an o rganization dedicated to continuing the advancement for the study of Black women’s history. In 2011\, she also became the inaugural director of the Pr ogram in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia\, a position she held until 2018. Dunbar skillfully provides readers with an intimate look at the often-overlooked stories that make the country’s histo ry so richly diverse.\n\nThis event is being hosted in partnership with Hop e College’s Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series\, a student-run\, faculty-org anized series committed to providing the Hope and West Michigan communities with diverse and rich literary experiences.\n\nHope College's NEA Big Read Lakeshore program began in 2014 with the goal to create and foster a cultu re where reading matters. By bringing the Lakeshore community together arou nd a common book\, Big Read Lakeshore uses the shared experience of reading \, discussing and exploring the themes of the book as a springboard to list en from and learn from each other.\n\nThe NEA Big Read Lakeshore program is made possible in part by a grant from the NEA Big Read\, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. For more information about the program\, visit bigreadlakeshore.com. DTEND:20201111T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260417T161350Z DTSTART:20201111T203000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Big Read: Conversation with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_34855504834560 URL:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/big_read_conversation_with_dr_erica_dun bar_armstrong END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR