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SUMMARY:Trailblazers in Conversation with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
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DESCRIPTION:Join LA County Librarian and Director\, Dr. Skye Patrick\, in 
 conversation with scientist and author Dr. Beronda Montgomery to discuss W
 hen Trees Testify: Science\, Wisdom\, History\, and America’s Black
  Botanical Legacy.\n.\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/15782536
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The history of American trees is deeply in
 tertwined with the history of Black people in America\, and Dr. Montgomery
 's work reminds us that the past is never truly past\, so long as a witnes
 s remains. We'll explore the role of early Black Americans in cultivating 
 the trees we know and rely on today\, discover the ways that trees and pla
 nts have shaped Black culture\, and learn not just how to talk to trees\, 
 but to listen to what they have to say.</p>\n<p>Beronda L. Montgomery is w
 riter\, science communicator\, and plant biologist. She has been named one
  of the journal Cell's Inspiring Black Scientists in America and was award
 ed the 2022 Cynthia Scott Science Writing Award\, 2022 Adolph E. Gude\, Jr
 . Award for outstanding service to the science of plant biology\, and 2023
  Hutchinson Medal of the Chicago Horticultural Society. Dr. Montgomery is 
 a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the 
 American Society of Plant Biologists\, the American Society for Biochemist
 ry and Molecular Biology\, and the American Academy of Microbiology. In 20
 25\, she received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science\, Mathema
 tics and Engineering Mentoring\, the Nation's highest honors for mentors. 
 She is the Sally Starling Seaver Fellow at the Harvard University Radcliff
 e Institute for 2025&ndash\;2026. Dr. Montgomery is author of <a href="htt
 ps://catalog.lacountylibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmoda
 l/ent:$002f$002fERC_1078_3711$002f0$002fERC_1078_3711:HOOPLA:14357309/one?
 qu=lessons+from+plants&amp\;qf=AUTHOR%09Author%09Montgomery%2C+Beronda+L.%
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 TLE%7C%7C%7CTitle">Lessons from Plants</a> (Harvard University Press\, 202
 1) and <a href="https://catalog.lacountylibrary.org/client/en_US/default/s
 earch/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1893591/one?qu=
 when+trees+testify&amp\;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle">When Trees T
 estify</a> (Henry Holt\, 2026).</p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/e
 vent/15782536
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