Presentation Promo Flyers

 

The synopses on this page contain links to a related promo flyer that I will customize for your specific event. 

 

Timely

 

My Encore Years
Kalamazoo’s Encore Magazine will celebrate 50 years of publication, starting in September 2023. I have written over 150 articles for Encore from 1996 to the present. This presentation covers the history of Encore and the amazing people I’ve met, interviewed, and written about. See promo flyer

 

Peace, Justice, Care of Earth
Perfect to celebrate the spring equinox and Earth Day. The story of the original Earth Day on the vernal equinox (not April 22) and the integrated relationship between peace through understanding, global social justice, and environment/ecology. See promo flyer

 

Relevant Historical Awareness

 

Indian boarding schools: Inhumanity, Injustice, and Cultural Genocide in the name of God and ‘Civilization’
From the early 1800s to the late 1900s, the US government, in conjunction with churches, operated 408 Indian boarding schools in 37 states; five in Michigan. The curriculum was child labor; physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; cultural genocide; and forced assimilation into the White ways to solve the “Indian problem.” In this presentation, I will relate stories I’ve learned from talking with adult “survivors” of those schools. See promo flyer

 

White Man at the Back of the Bus: Stories of Racial Awakening and Apology
Stories of racial injustice learned on my personal pilgrimage to key places of the Civil Rights Movement, attendance at Rosa Parks’ funeral, and conversations with Black people, including the barber of Martin Luther King, Jr., who told me, “Fifty years ago, if you shook my hand, I would have been hanged.” See promo flyer

 

How Could So Many Murder So Many?
The Holocaust was not only about Germans and Jews but about any people, anytime, anywhere. This presentation examines the social and economic factors of Germany in the 1930s, many of which exist in the US and other countries today. See promo flyer

 

Health, Family, Relationships

 

Brain Tumor: Good Is Coming from This
More than 5.3 million individuals in the United States (one in every 60 people) live with a permanent brain injury disability. At least 2.8 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury every year. I’m one of them. This presentation invites discussion about how brain injuries affects our lives and the power of determination and affirmations to overcome, survive, and thrive. See promo flyer

 

Returning the Favor: A conversation about the care of our aging parents and other family members
Our parents took care of us when we were too young to take care of ourselves. As they age and become unable to take care of themselves, how will we care for them? See promo flyer

 

Conversations through the Veil
An intriguing and mysterious look at messages from the spirits of deceased loved ones about soul development, karma, forgiveness, and eternal love. See promo flyer

 

Travel and International Awareness

 

Great Crossings
Sailing tall ships and ferry ships across the Atlantic and on the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Aegean, Black, and Baltic seas. See promo flyer

 

Life in a Calcutta basti (slum)
Living in a crowded basti for several months while on a writing assignment, I found industrious people and intriguing cultures. See promo flyer

 

India Himalayan Adventures
Highlights include attending teachings by the Dalai Lama, teaching English to Buddhist monks, traveling by bus and car on the infamous Leh-Manali Highway, “handiworkers” building highways by hand, eating and sleeping in yurts, engaging with delightful merchants, and more. See promo flyer

 

India’s Religious Diversity
In Calcutta, I lived in a Muslim slum, participated in religious festivals, and learned from people of all faiths—Hindu, Islam, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jew, Jain, Zoroastrian. See promo flyer

 

Rebuilding Religious Russia
Many churches and cathedrals in Russia were destroyed under the Communist regime of Lenin and Stalin. Now they are being rebuilt, even within the walls of the Kremlin. See promo flyer

 

A Merry Time in Maritime England
British culture and maritime history at the International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth Royal Naval Yard. See promo flyer 

 

Under Angels’ Wings
During a four-month journey to eight nations, a dozen people took me under their wings, let me stay in their homes, introduced me to their customs, and proudly showed the beauty of their locales. See promo flyer