Busboys and Poets Books Presents I WISH MY DAD
Date and Time
Mar 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Location
Hyattsville
5331 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville, Maryland, 20781
Mar 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Hyattsville
Author Romal Tune provides a tour de force for fathers and sons about healing the unfinished business between them through vulnerable and healing conversations.Tune was raised mostly without a father. He and his dad connected briefly when he was a teenager, and then had no relationship for decades. After years of inner work via therapy and faith, Tune realized that neither he nor his dad possessed what they needed to live up to each other's expectations. He began to wonder if other men also longed to have vulnerable conversations with their fathers—about good memories, about pain, and about what their relationship could still become.
This led him to sit down with seventeen men of diverse ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds for "I Wish My Dad" conversations. In the pages of this book, he invites us into the room as the men unpack relationships with their fathers, learn to work through emotional pain, recount moments of tenderness and care, and describe risks they took to heal and connect with their fathers. Tune also offers us strategies and prompts for initiating our own "I Wish My Dad" conversations. And with no pretense, he and Jordan recount their own "I Wish My Dad" interview, which helped them chart the way toward a transformed relationship.
Romal Tune is joining us on the Busboys stage to share the power to heal wounds men may not even know they carry. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Tune will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of I WISH MY DAD will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and will NOT be livestreamed.
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Romal Tune is a speaker, author, and social entrepreneur. He serves as a vice president at TMS Global and is the founder of ClereStory Education, a nonprofit that offers workshops and coaching about mental health. Tune is a graduate of Howard University and Duke Divinity School and speaks internationally. He is the author of God’s Graffiti and Love Is an Inside Job. He has two children and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Nicole L. Cammack is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Speaker, Media Contributor, and the President and CEO of Black Mental Wellness, Corp. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Howard University and her Master’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University.
Dr. Cammack is passionate about mental health awareness, treatment, and reducing the mental health stigma, particularly as it relates to Black communities. This passion is what led to the development of Black Mental Wellness, Corp. Black Mental Wellness aims to increase access to evidenced-based information and resources about mental health from a Black perspective; to highlight and increase the diversity of mental health professionals; and to decrease the mental health stigma in the mental health community. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post, Essence, People, Thrive Global, Good Housekeeping, Salesforce, Rally Up Magazine (Cover feature), Cox Communications, Refinery29, and Cosmopolitan. In addition, she was recognized as a 40 under 40 Honoree with the Leadership Center for Excellence and recognized through her work at Fort Meade and the Department of the Army with an Achievement Medal for Civilian Service.
Loraine Trotter currently serves as the Deputy Director of Human Resources at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and has more than 25 years of experience in the federal sector. Her areas of expertise include organizational effectiveness, facilitation, leadership coaching and organizational development. Prior to joining the PBGC, Loraine worked in insurance, mortgage banking, and real estate development.
Loraine had extensive success managing, directing, and designing programs to promote leadership development and change management initiatives. She has an unrelenting passion for exploring what can be, what is, and how to close that gap between the two. Throughout her career, Loraine has spearheaded new processes that rewarded innovative thinking while continually encouraging knowledge sharing and best practices across the organization. She has directed employee engagement initiatives such as the Gallup Q-12, StrengthFinder and the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Loraine’s approach to leadership is rooted in establishing trusting partnerships with her team that are supported by open communications. She journeys with them on their mission to explore and reach professional goals and offers support along the way in clarifying and eventually articulating their own perceptions of success.
Loraine holds an M.A in Human Resources from Marymount University and B.A in Management from Simmons University. She is a certified Success Coach and holds several leadership and organizational certificates. She is a life learner and a budding enthusiast of alternative wellness approaches, yoga and meditation. Loraine is married to her best friend, Dearl Wrenn and they reside in Northern Virginia.
