Busboys and Poets Books Presents: Pernessa Seele
Date and Time
Nov 2, 2017 6:30 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Nov 2, 2017 6:30 pm
Takoma
Please join Busboys and Poets Books as we welcome Pernessa C. Seele to our Takoma location.
Pernessa C. Seele is the founder and CEO of the Balm in Gilead, Inc., a not-for-profit organization celebrating three decades of providing technical training and services that strengthen the capacity of faith institutions in the United States and Africa to promote health education, disease management, and services that contribute to the elimination of human suffering. Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People. Essence magazine, in its 35th-anniversary edition, selected her as one of the 35 Most Beautiful and Remarkable Women in the World. Ebony magazine named her one of its Power 150. And she was selected by Women’s eNews as one of its 21 Leaders for the 21st Century.
Her book, STAND UP TO STIGMA: HOW WE REACT TO FEAR AND SHAME confronts stereotype development, shows how to undo the processes and effects of stigma, and explains how we can radically change cultural thinking on the individual, interpersonal, and societal levels to put an end to stigmatization once and for all. If we are honest and committed to exposing the problems, Dr. Seele helps each of us vividly see how we privately stigmatize people whom we see as different from ourselves, particularly when they come from other backgrounds and cultures than our very own.
Books will be available for purchase before and after the event.
