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"Helping Kids Rise is 
creating a better world for
children, parents, and
our community."

— Helping Kids Rise

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

Frederick Douglass

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Event
  • Essence Authors Experience - 2023 Essence Festival
    Essence Authors Experience - 2023 Essence Festival
    Fri, Jun 30
    New Orleans
    Jun 30, 2023, 11:00 AM – Jul 02, 2023, 11:00 AM
    New Orleans, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
    Join us as we attend the #EssenceFestival to interact & engage with our favorite authors & content creators at the ESSENCE Authors™ experience powered by Mahogany Books. This experience is sure to leave you inspired and encouraged.
  • Liberation Station Bookstore Grand Opening
    Liberation Station Bookstore Grand Opening
    Sat, Jun 17
    Raleigh
    Jun 17, 2023, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Raleigh, 208 Fayetteville St Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA
    Join us as we celebrate with the Liberation Station Bookstore for their Grand Opening Day 1 events! The bookstore's ribbon cutting and grand opening will be from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 17th
  • Black Children's Book Week
    Black Children's Book Week
    Sun, Feb 26
    Black Children's Book Week
    Feb 26, 2023, 8:00 AM – Mar 04, 2023, 11:50 PM
    Black Children's Book Week
    Black Children’s Book Week '23 will take place from February 26th - March 4th. The Week is a global celebration of Black children and their representation in children's books and other media.
  • Da Gullah Geechee Celebration with Aunt Pearlie Sue
    Da Gullah Geechee Celebration with Aunt Pearlie Sue
    Fri, Feb 24
    Columbia
    Feb 24, 2023, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Columbia, 763 Fashion Dr, Columbia, SC 29223, USA
    Based on her grandmother, Aunt Pearlie Sue's character has entertained audiences with Gullah-flavored folktales for over 20 years from the schoolhouse to the White House.
  • FAAAC presents A Conversation with Hafizah Augustus Geter and Tyrone Geter
    FAAAC presents A Conversation with Hafizah Augustus Geter and Tyrone Geter
    Sun, Feb 19
    The Columbia Museum of Art
    Feb 19, 2023, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    The Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201
    On the heels of her recently released debut memoir, The Black Period: On Personhood, Race and Origin, celebrated author and poet Hafizah Augustus Geter joins the Friends of African American Art & Culture (FAAAC) for a reception, book-signing, and moderated talk.
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