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The PEN Pod: Telling the Stories of New Orleans with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

InterviewSeptember 3, 2021

“In New Orleans, sometimes they call people who are involved in storytelling or in music or the arts—they call them culture bearers. We bear the culture. We carry the… More

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[VIRTUAL] A Conversation with Jarvis DeBerry and Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm CT
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The PEN Pod: Lessons Learned in Uncertainty with Fatima Shaik

InterviewMarch 31, 2020

“That uncertainty can sort of be tamed, for me, by talking to other people and sharing on the phone, and by focusing on small things, small pleasures.” More

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Words & Music Festival: Journalism and Justice

Friday, November 22, 2019 | 10:15 am – 11:15 am
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Words & Music Festival: NOJO performs “Vengeance”

Saturday, November 23, 2019 | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
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Rx for Online Harassment: Preparation, Response, Support, and Self-Care

Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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Words & Music Festival: Joy & Justice

Thursday, November 15, 2018 – Sunday, November 18, 2018 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Blue House NOLA: Mixed Media Project

Friday, May 25, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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8 Years of Accountability: The Lens’s Birthday Celebration

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Friday, November 10, 2017 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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