{"id":68471,"date":"2020-01-28T19:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=68471"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:26:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:26:56","slug":"rochelle-riley-at-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/01\/28\/rochelle-riley-at-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Black History with Rochelle Riley at Rise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rise-flyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68472 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rise-flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rise-flyer.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rise-flyer-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a>Join Rochelle Riley at the <strong>Pontiac Creative Arts Center<\/strong> (<strong>47 Williams St.<\/strong>) for Rise!, the Black History Month Celebratoin and Exhibition, on <strong>Saturday, February 8th<\/strong>,&nbsp;from <strong>5 PM to 8 PM<\/strong>. Riley, the keynote speaker, will discuss her work and the legacy of Black History Month. The event also features Steven Tette and Portia Fields-Anderson. Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free, open to the public, and for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2439926709659356\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Book Beat will sell books from 5 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rochelle-riley.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68473 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rochelle-riley.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rochelle-riley.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/rochelle-riley-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>Rochelle Riley<\/strong> is Director of Arts and Culture for the city of Detroit. The author, essayist, blogger and arts advocate ended a nearly 20-year stint in 2019 as a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, where she was a leading voice for children, education, competent government and race. She is author of <em>The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery<\/em>&nbsp;and the upcoming <em>That They Lived: Twenty African Americans Who Changed The World<\/em>. She speaks at libraries, churches and universities about the burden that America still bears because it refuses to deal with the aftermath of enslavement. Rochelle also is a co-founder of&nbsp;Letters to Black Girls, a project that grew from a friend\u2019s single presentation to a national mission to pass words of encouragement from black women to girls. She makes frequent television and radio appearances, including on National Public Radio and on WDIV-Local 4 and Fox2.&nbsp;She lives near the banks of the Detroit River with her 16-year-old dog, Desi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Rochelle Riley at the Pontiac Creative Arts Center (47 Williams St.) for Rise!, the Black History Month Celebratoin and Exhibition, on Saturday, February 8th,&nbsp;from 5 PM to 8 PM. Riley, the keynote speaker, will discuss her work and the legacy of Black History Month. The event also features Steven Tette and Portia Fields-Anderson. 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