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His writing has appeared in The Washington Post and The Root and on BET.com, and his work has been featured in TheNew York Times and New York magazineand on NPR, NBC News, and MTV. Called “the progressive leader we need” by the late congressman John Lewis, Jawando has worked with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Sherrod Brown, and President Barack Obama. Will Jawando is an attorney, an activist, a community leader, and a councilmember in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse community of more than one million residents. Without the influence of these men, Will knows he would not be who he is today: a civil rights and education policy attorney, a civic leader, a husband, and a father.ĭrawing on Will’s inspiring personal story and involvement in My Brother’s Keeper, President Obama’s national initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color, My Seven Black Fathers offers a transformative way for Black men to shape the next generation. Holmes, the high school coach and chorus director who saw him through a crushing disappointment Deen Sanwoola, the businessman who helped him bridge the gap between his American upbringing and his Nigerian heritage, eventually leading to a dramatic reconciliation with his biological father and President Barack Obama, who made Will his associate director of public engagement at the White House―and who invited him to play basketball on more than one occasion. Williams, the rare Black male grade school teacher, who found a way to bolster Will’s self-esteem when he discovered he was being bullied Jay Fletcher, the openly gay colleague of his mother who got him off junk food and took him to his first play Mr.
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Years after he got the call telling him that Kalfani was dead, another sickening casualty of gun violence, Will looks back on the relationships with an extraordinary series of mentors that enabled him to thrive.Īmong them were Mr. Eventually, he became close to Kalfani, a kid he looked up to on the basketball court. He was a Black kid with a divorced white mother, a frayed relationship with his biological father, and teachers who scolded him for being disruptive in class and on the playground.
As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to school, never quite fitting in. Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. Book browsing will not be permitted after 8pm.Seating is general admission first come, first served.Per the CDC, people are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine.
We will accept either a physical vaccination card, digital card, or a photo of the card on your phone. You must show proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for entrance to this event.
Virtual attendees will receive the event access link 24 hours and 1 hour before the event begins. Doors will open at 6:15pm, and the event will begin at 7:00pm.
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There are a limited number of free tickets available once these sellout, a book must be purchased to attend the event.
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Registration is required to attend this event. Jawando will be in conversation with bestselling author DeRay McKesson. The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome activist and councilmember Will Jawando for an in-person conversation and book signing on his new memoir, My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole. The story of the men who have shaped Will Jawando's sense of what it means to be a Black man in twenty-first-century America.
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