Bookings for Public Speaking
PRESENTATION TOPICS:
I have presented to all age groups in every setting imaginable from 100 sixth-graders sitting on the floor circled around me to formal professional conferences. The topics offered vary as much as those assembled and can be massaged to suit every audience. I enjoy working every moment in these diverse gatherings. I also present and do readings at book clubs, libraries, bookstores and other venues around the country.
TOPICS:
- Women Prisoners and their Children
- Prisons are a Big Business
- Children of the Incarcerated: the forgotten element of prison sentences
- Prisons and Prisoners: who really goes to prison and why
- Prison Programs that Work
- The Truth about the Death Penalty
- Women Working in Corrections: Past, Present and Future
- A Woman’s Journey: memoir readings and discoveries
- Women Who Love Men Who Kill
WORKSHOPS:
- Translating Personal Experiences into a Best Seller: hands-on memoir writing workshop
- Journal Writing
- Voyages of Discovery: a positive look at who you are and what and where you want to be
- You Never Lose Until You Quit Trying: Learn to stop self-sabotage and succeed
WHERE I HAVE PRESENTED:
Criminal Justice Agencies:
- American Correctional Association’s National Conferences
- National Conference on the Juvenile Female Felon, Washington, D.C.
- Women Working in Criminal Justice (Michigan, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, Maryland)
- Commission on Accreditation for Corrections Conference
- Massachusetts Sheriff’s Association
- Health Care in Correctional Institutions Seminar
Correctional Educational Association’s National Conference
- Association on Programs for Female Offenders
- Oklahoma State Bar Association Auxiliary
- Denier Youth Center, Durango, Colorado
- Montezuma County, Colorado, Criminal Justice Agencies
- Colorado Community Corrections
- Public Safety Awards Ceremony, Durango, Colorado
Educational Facilities/Agencies:
- Durango High School, Colorado
- Michigan State University Graduate and Undergraduate Schools of Criminal Justice
- Harvard Graduate School of Architecture
- Lansing Community College, Michigan
- Washtenaw Community College, Michigan
- Ludington Community College, Michigan
- Escalante Middle School, Colorado, Women in Leadership Program, Colorado
- Ignacio High School, Colorado, Women in Leadership Program, Colorado
- Fort Lewis College, Colorado, Undergraduate School (publishing, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, women’s studies
- Crow Canyon Archeology Center’s Distinguished Speakers Program, Colorado
- Fort Lewis College, Colorado Professional Associates’ Life-long Learning Program
- San Juan College, Farmington, NM
- Telluride Schools, Colorado
- Mountain School, Telluride
Other Agencies:
- Women’s Resource Center’s Ready-set-go program, Durango, Colorado
- Women’s Resource Center’s Evening Out, Durango, Colorado
- Women Resource Center’s Girl Talk, Durango, Colorad
- Womenfest, Michigan and Colorado
- Ti-County Head Start Training Workshop
- Leadership Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Cromaine Library, Hartland, Michigan
- Durango Public Library, Colorado
- Valencia Library, California
- Hamburg Township Library, Hamburg, Michigan
- Bulverede, Texas Library
- Bulverede, Texas Business Women's Association
- Durango, Colorado, Rotary Club
- Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Rotary Club
- Bayfield, Colorado, Rotary Club
- Durango, Colorado, Kiwanis
- American Association of University Women: Oklahoma, Michigan and Colorado
- La Plata County, Colorado, Business Women’s Association
- InkSlingers Writers’ Group, Colorado
- Detroit Women Writers Annual Conference, Oakland University, Michigan
- Trois Riviere Fiction Writers
- Encore, Dallas, Texas
- Universal Unitarian Church, La Plata County, Colorado
- Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York
- Telluride Writers Group
- Ludington, Michigan Red Hats
If you would like to see a list of upcoming events please go to my events page. If you would like to inquire about bookings for meetings and workshops please click here to contact me.
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