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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Marita Golden
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join author Marita Golden and  Dr. Pamela Brewer on the Librar
 y’s Facebook page and YouTube channel on Thursday\, October 7 at 6 
 p.m. for a conversation on Golden's new book\, The Strong Black Woman..\nh
 ttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/5645623
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join author <a href="https://maritagolden.
 com/">Marita Golden</a> and licensed Clinical Social Worker\, <a href="htt
 ps://www.drpamelabreweronline.com/">Dr. Pamela Brewer</a> on the <a href="
 https://www.facebook.com/dclibrary">Library&rsquo\;s Facebook page</a> and
  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DCPL1">YouTube channel</a> on Thurs
 day\, October 7 at 6 p.m. for a conversation on Golden's new book\, <em>Th
 e Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health 
 of Black Women.</em></p>\n<p>In <em>The Strong Black Woman</em>\, Golden w
 rites about her own journey from Strong Black Woman to New Age Strong Blac
 k Woman who prioritizes self-care. Colorism\, mental health\, rape culture
 \, how and why Black women fail to grieve and the stories that Black women
  rely on to heal are among the topics covered in this book which adds to t
 he evolving public discourse about Black women&rsquo\;s health.</p>\n<p>Go
 lden is a native Washingtonian\, the co-founder of the&nbsp\;Hurston/Wrigh
 t Foundation\, a creative writing coach and the author of 17 widely read w
 orks of fiction and non-fiction. Golden was Johnson&rsquo\;s writing teach
 er at the Hurston/Wright Foundation&rsquo\;s Writers Week Workshop in the 
 summer of 2011.</p>\n<p>Dr. Brewer who was interviewed for <em>The Strong 
 Black Woman</em>\, earned her MSW in Clinical Social Work from New York Un
 iversity. Brewer went on to receive her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from th
 e Union Institute and University in Cincinnati\, Ohio. Brewer is a Board C
 ertified Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over thirty years of postgra
 duate clinical experience.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.nami.org/get-invol
 ved/awareness-events/mental-illness-awareness-week">Mental Health Awarenes
 s Week</a> is October 3-October 9 and National Depression Screening Day is
  October 7. Join us for this very important conversation about Black women
  and their mental health.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/5645623
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