Vital Voices: What a Children's Story Taught Me About Humanity (Virtual)

Bring a passage, picture, quote, or artifact to an evening of discussion and sharing. What has your favorite Children's book taught you about respect, kindness, integrity, empathy, forgiveness, compassion, and self-reflection? Join our virtual discussion with featured guests, Erica Maxwell and Jessica A. Alexander, mother and daughter co-authors of the acclaimed Beauty With A Birthmark (2021).

 Vital Voices brings together individuals and communities to “talk, listen, and connect” through literature, language, and performance in important cultural spaces around the Valley. We encourage and utilize a range of creative expression, which demonstrates the necessity and vitality of multiple perspectives on and approaches to understanding our humanity.  The uniqueness of this program is that participants get to bring a favorite quote, passage, essay, or poem about the topic to share in an evening discussion, performance, and sharing.