FREE WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS AND TEACHERS* FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2019 9 am-4 pm TROY UNIVERSITY, MONTGOMERY CAMPUS 231 MONTGOMERY STREET *Professional development credits and spends available for teachers 1. The Clolda and Africatown 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 140/41 Whitley Hall Learn the story of the Alabama-based ship The Clolda and the geo- graphic and cultural origins of the 110 West African capves from Benin and Nigeria who founded Africatown aſter they were forcibly brought to Mobile in 1860, long aſter the importaon of slaves into America was outlawed. 2. Wring for Young People I: Irene Latham and Charles Waters – 10:00-11:00am, Room 318 Whitley Hall The co-authors of Can I Touch Your Hair? (2018) celebrate how poems can foster dialogue between young people, healing the inevitable “mistakes” we make when learning about people unlike ourselves and, by extension, what makes us each unique. 3. Wring for Young People II: Bethany Hegedus – 11:00am- 12:00pm, Room 318 Whitley Hall The author of Alabama Spiire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird (2018) explores how children’s literature teach young people about important historical fig- ures 4. Alabama Story with the Alabama Shakespeare Fesval – 1:30-4:30pm, Gold Room (2nd Floor) Drawing from history, the- ater, and communicaon studies, this workshop ex- plores how the play Ala- bama Story advances liter- acy and equality. 5. Young Adult Wring I: Randi Pink – 1:30-2:30 pm 318 Whitley Hall A no-holds-barred conversa- on with novelist Randi Pink on why YA ficon should confront social issues. 6. Young Adult Wring II: S. F. Henson—2:30-3:30 pm 318 Whitley Hall Award-winning novelist S. F. Henson explores how char- acters can outgrow prejudice to become beer people. TO REGISTER GO TO WWW.ALABAMAHUMANITIES.ORG AND CLICK ON ANABRANCH VISIT THE ALABAMA BOOK FESTIVAL THE FOLLOWING DAY ON APRIL 13! WWW.ALABAMABOOKFESTIVAL.ORG