BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The Ohio University Alumni Association is excited to introduce you to the next installment in our virtual series\, Empower Hour! Beginning in 2021\, this event takes place once a month on the third Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. EDT.\n\n \n\nEmpower Hour is a program that explores important and relevant topics centered around the theme of continued personal growth and education. We want to equip OHIO alumni with the knowledge they need to be come their best selves!\n\n \n\nThis Empower Hour segment is called "Writin g to Publish". This hour will highlight becoming a better writer\, learning from other authors and steps to publishing.\n\n \n\nEmpower yourself to de velop good writing habits\, find time to write\, and get beyond writer's bl ock. Hear how Karen Gray Houston and Shelley Stokes learned a lot about wri ting from telling stories about their life experiences and their families' involvement in the Civil Rights movement.\n\n \n\n\nKaren Gray Houston\nAft er retiring from a 41-year career as a broadcast journalist\, Karen penned Daughter of the Boycott. This book is about the leadership roles her father \, the late Judge Thomas W. Gray\, Sr.\, and her uncle\, civil rights attor ney Fred Gray\, played in the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.\n\n \n\n\nShelle y Stokes\nShelley is a historic preservationist\, whose writing has been pu blished in the White House Historical Society and by Cleveland State Univer sity. The daughter of the late Ohio Congressman\, Louis Stokes\, and niece of the late Cleveland Mayor\, Carl Stokes\, she is currently working on a m emoir about her family's journey from slavery to civil rights.\n\n \n\nYou will receive a confirmation email upon registration that will include detai ls on how to join this virtual event.\n\n \n\nIf you have any questions\, p lease email Associate Director\, Alumni Experiences\, Caleb Beasecker at be asecker@ohio.edu. DTEND:20210519T180000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T060912Z DTSTART:20210519T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Empower Hour - Writing to Publish UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_36526993406502 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/empower_hour_-_writing_to_publish END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR