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Three Women, Three Stories

2019-05-02 19:00:00 2019-05-02 20:30:00 America/New_York Three Women, Three Stories Come hear these women tell their stories of human culture, building bridges, and leading children. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library -

Thursday, May 02
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-05-02 19:00:00 2019-05-02 20:30:00 America/New_York Three Women, Three Stories Come hear these women tell their stories of human culture, building bridges, and leading children. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library -

Come hear these women tell their stories of human culture, building bridges, and leading children.

Ruth Walkup, PhD
As a cultural anthropologist Ruth Walkup has been trading in stories for decades. Stories are the ‘currency’ of anthropology, the study of human cultures. Ruth has brought stories into her graduate-level teaching, into her work as a U.S. government civil servant and diplomat, and into her lecturing to various audiences around the world. But only recently has Ruth turned to telling her own stories, which she realizes she has been collecting all of her life. Ruth was born in Liberia and spent her childhood in Cameroon, Tunisia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the daughter of medical missionaries. Her Ph.D. research, her work in global health policy development, and her travel bug have taken her and her husband to many regions of the world. With a keen sense of observation and a desire to be a ‘translator’ of cultures and experiences, Ruth seeks to bring alive other worlds and other lives for the listeners of her stories.

Solveig Eggerz
Solveig Eggerz, a native of Iceland, is the author of the award-winning novel, Seal Woman, published by Unbridled Books. She teaches memoir and personal stories at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD, and creative writing to incarcerated women in Northern Virginia with a non-profit organization, Heard. As a storyteller and writer, she uses storytelling as part of her writing process. Her essays and stories have appeared in publications such as The Delmarva Review, Palo Alto Review, The Northern Virginia Review. Her forthcoming novel is set in Iceland during World War II. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Catholic University.

Joyce Morgan Young
Joyce Morgan Young provided educational leadership for the children of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee for 44 years. She provided leadership, guidance, and vision to the systems’ principals, teachers and staff in the areas of curriculum and professional development. Joyce taught middle school, high school and college science before moving into school administration. During the 9 years of teaching and 35 years of school administration, she made numerous presentations. Through this, Joyce developed a love of storytelling as audiences seemed to more easily receive information that they could relate to previous experiences, both in and out of the school setting. In 1995, Joyce and two others worked to bring a storytelling event to their home town, LaGrange, Georgia. And thus, began the 22-year journey of the now nationally recognized Azalea Storytelling Festival, always held the first full weekend in March. Joyce and the other two founders of the festival were awarded the National Storytelling Association’s 1999 Leadership Award and the LaGrange Troup County Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 Tourism Visionary Award.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | story telling |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library

jlambert@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Jherusha Lambert

Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31 due to Easter Sunday
Mon, Mar 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Mar 30 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed
(Easter Sunday)

About the branch

Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Upcoming Events

Fri, Mar 29, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Fri, Mar 29, 11:15am - 12:00pm
Youth Services Area
Search for eggs, with treats inside, in Burke’s Children’s section!

Fri, Mar 29, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Have fun on Fridays after school, building, making, playing word bingo, and winning prizes! Grades K-5. *Includes slime-making every last Friday of the month!*

Sat, Mar 30, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Mon, Apr 01, 10:00am - 8:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Mon, Apr 01, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
English conversation practice for English language learners. No registration required.

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 8:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Tue, Apr 02, 10:15am - 10:45am
Meeting Room
Toddlers, siblings, and families, join in for songs, stories, and activities!

Tue, Apr 02, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Have you been itching to learn about boxing, but don't know where to start? It can take a lot of courage when jumping into a new activity! Join us to learn the basics of boxing.

Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 8:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Wed, Apr 03, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room
Enjoy weekly sessions with other fiber artists. Share your projects or learn new skills. Quilting tutorials will be provided on 1st Wednesday of every month. No registration is required.

Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 8:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Thu, Apr 04, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room
Learn basic line dance steps while you workout to Golden Oldies music. This is a great class for beginners. Bring a friend or come alone. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

Thu, Apr 04, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Meeting Room
Join Sara Lavan, founder of Local Motion Project, for an engaging, accessible movement class.

Thu, Apr 04, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Join us for a screening of the 2023 film, which won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Thu, Apr 04, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Learn and play Riichi Mahjong, a popular tile-based game from Japan.

Fri, Apr 05, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Fri, Apr 05, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Join us for a special Fun Friday with solar eclipse activities. Grades: K-5.

Fri, Apr 05, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Have fun on Fridays after school, building, making, playing word bingo, and winning prizes! Grades K-5. *Includes slime-making every last Friday of the month!*

Sat, Apr 06, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Sat, Apr 06, 11:00am - 11:30am
Meeting Room
Join us on Saturday mornings in April for a yoga class to practice poses to help kids feel strong and brave. Ages: 4-8

Sun, Apr 07, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Mon, Apr 08, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Burke Adult Services Area
Virginia's Constitution is a traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia, to mark the 50th anniversary of the state's current constitution.

Mon, Apr 08, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Join us to face worthy opponents on Nintendo Switch’s Mario Kart. Do you have the courage to compete with us?