The Salt Lake Community College presents Michele Norris at the Grand Theatre (1575 S. State), February 11, 2014 from 7-9 p.m. The event is free, but tickets are required .
Michele Norris is an award winning journalist, NPR Correspondent, and previous host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Before joining NPR, Norris worked for ABC News, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. Norris also leads the "The Race Card Project," an initiative to foster a wider conversation about race in America that she created after the publication of her 2010 family memoir, The Grace of Silence. The Salt Lake Community College and the Community Writing Center have organized a set of events surrounding Norris’s visit and The Race Card Project.
Race Card Walls
Race Card Walls where you can contribute your six–word sentence, located at the SLCC Community Writing Center, SLCC Student Writing Center, The Art Barn, and the Salt Lake City Main Library. Now-June 2014
From Six to Six-Hundred Words: Expanding the Race Card Sentence
Writing Workshop at the SLCC Community Writing Center. January 21, 2014, 6-8 pm (registration required)
Michele Norris at the Grand Theatre
February 11, 2014, 7-9 pm (tickets required)
Race Card Exhibit
Salt Lake City Public Library. February 2014
Talk With Me, Not About Me: Panel and Community Discussion
Salt Lake Community College, Multipurpose Room. March 25, 2014, 6-8 pm
Community Reading, Race: Perspectives Anthology
Salt Lake Main Public Library. April 23, 2014 6:30-8:30 pm