BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Intand Corporation//Tandem//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260627T063729Z DTSTART:20240515T020000Z DTEND:20240515T030000Z TRANSP:TRANSPARENT PRIORITY:0 SUMMARY:[Cancelled] Michele Norris\, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americ ans Really Think About Race and Identity LOCATION:Fairhaven Commons DESCRIPTION:Author event! Setup at 6\, doors open at 6:30\, event starts a t 7\, goes for 45 min to an hour\, and we'd be out by 9pm after signing an d book sales in the commons.\n\nPeabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America\, unearthed through her decade-long work at The Race Card Project.\n\n\nGro ups:\nVillage Books\n\nSchools:\nFairhaven Middle School\n\nLocation:\nFai rhaven Commons\n\nPeabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America\, unearthed thr ough her decade-long work at The Race Card Project.\n\nThe prompt seemed s imple: Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send.\n \nThe answers\, thou gh\, have been challenging and complicated. In the twelve years since awar d-winning journalist Michele Norris first posed that question\, over half a million people have submitted their stories to The Race Card Project inb ox. The stories are shocking in their depth and candor\, spanning the full spectrum of race\, ethnicity\, identity\, and class. Even at just six wor ds\, the micro-essays can pack quite a punch\, revealing\, fear\, pain\, t riumph\, and sometimes humor. Responses such as: You're Pretty for a Black girl. White privilege\, enjoy it\, earned it. Lady\, I don't want your pu rse. My ancestors massacred Indians near here. Urban living has made me ra cist. I'm only Asian when it's convenient.\n \nMany go even further than j ust six words\, submitting backstories\, photos\, and heirlooms: a collect ion much like a scrapbook of American candor you rarely get to see. Our Hi dden Conversationsis a unique compilation of stories\, richly reported ess ays\, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest\, if sometimes uncomfortable\, co nversation about race and identity\, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-se ated thoughts\, private discussions\, and long submerged memories.\n \nThe breadth of this work came as a surprise to Norris. For most of the twelve years she has collected these stories\, many were submitted by white resp ondents. This unexpected panorama provides a rare 360-degree view of how A mericans see themselves and one another.\n \nOur Hidden Conversations remi nds us that even during times of great division\, honesty\, grace\, and a willing ear can provide a bridge toward empathy and maybe even understandi ng.\n\n \n\nMichele Norris is one of America's most trusted voices in jour nalism\, earning several honors over a long career\, including Peabody\, E mmy\, Dupont\, and Goldsmith awards. She is a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section\, the host of the Audible Original Podcast\, Your Ma ma's Kitchen\, and from and from 2002 to 2012 she was a cohost of NPR's Al l Things Considered. Norris is also the founding director of The Race Card Project\, a Peabody Award–winning narrative archive where people around the world share their reflections on identity—in just six words. Her fi rst book\, The Grace of Silence\, was named one of the best books of the y ear by the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Christian Science Monitor\, and T he Kansas City Star. Before joining NPR\, Norris spent almost ten years as a reporter for ABC News covering politics\, policy\, and the dynamics of social change. Early in her career\, she also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post\, Chicago Tribune\, and the Los Angeles Times.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Author event! Setu p at 6\, doors open at 6:30\, event starts at 7\, goes for 45 min to an ho ur\, and we'd be out by 9pm after signing and book sales in the commons.

Peabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a tr ansformative dialogue on race and identity in America\, unearthed through her decade-long work at The Race Card Project.

Groups:
Village Books

Schools:
Fairhaven Middle School

Location:
Fairhaven Commons

Notes:
Peab ody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dial ogue on race and identity in America\, unearthed through her decade-long w ork at The Race Card Project.

The prompt seemed simple : Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send.

The answers\, t hough\, have been challenging and complicated. In the twelve years since a ward-winning journalist Michele Norris first posed that question\, over ha lf a million people have submitted their stories to The Race Card Project inbox. The stories are shocking in their depth and candor\, spanning the f ull spectrum of race\, ethnicity\, identity\, and class. Even at just six words\, the micro-essays can pack quite a punch\, revealing\, fear\, pain\ , triumph\, and sometimes humor. Responses such as: You're Pretty for a Bl ack girl. White privilege\, enjoy it\, earned it. Lady\, I don't want your purse. My ancestors massacred Indians near here. Urban living has made me racist. I'm only Asian when it's convenient.

Many go even fur ther than just six words\, submitting backstories\, photos\, and heirlooms : a collection much like a scrapbook of American candor you rarely get to see. Our Hidden Conversationsis a unique compilation of stories\, richly reported essays\, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest\, if sometime s uncomfortable\, conversation about race and identity\, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts\, private discussions\, and long submerg ed memories.

The breadth of this work came as a surprise to No rris. For most of the twelve years she has collected these stories\, many were submitted by white respondents. This unexpected panorama provides a r are 360-degree view of how Americans see themselves and one another.

Our Hidden Conversations reminds us that even during times of great division\, honesty\, grace\, and a willing ear can provide a bri dge toward empathy and maybe even understanding.

Michele Nor ris is one of America's most trusted voices in journalism\, earning severa l honors over a long career\, including Peabody\, Emmy\, Dupont\, and Gold smith awards. She is a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section\, the host of the Audible Original Podcast\, Your Mama's Kitch en\, and from and from 2002 to 2012 she was a cohost of NPR's All Things Considered. Norris is also the founding director of The Race Card Project\, a Peabody Award–winning narrative archive where people ar ound the world share their reflections on identity—in just six words. He r first book\, The Grace of Silence\, was named one of the best b ooks of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Christi an Science Monitor\, and The Kansas City Star. Before joinin g NPR\, Norris spent almost ten years as a reporter for ABC News covering politics\, policy\, and the dynamics of social change. Early in her career \, she also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post\, Chicago Tribune\, and the Los Angeles Times.
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