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Welch Appalachian Social and Economic Justice Lecture

  
The Welch Appalachian Social & Economic Justice Lecture Series will present “She Sure is a Bird: Black Women and Mental Health in Appalachia ” by Crystal Wilkinson. Crystal Wilkinson is the author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence, the Weatherford Prize for Appalachian Fiction and Judy Gaines Prize), Water Street & Blackberries, Blackberries. Nominated for both the Orange Prize and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Ky. Foundation for Women, The Ky. Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature.

For more information contact Dr. Caroline Reid, Associate Professor, EKU Social Work at caroline.reid@eku.edu.
Attendance is free but you should register by emailing evelyn.jones@eku.edu

Event Date: March 23  12:30pm  Location: Business and Technology Center Auditorium   
Contact Information: Evelyn Jones, 622-1645

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