Saturday, April 12th

RICHMOND, VA

Richmond Convention Center

Sister: Many Women, One Spirit

2:15-3:15pm - Book signing

Thursday, April 17th

AUSTIN, TX

Austin Renaissance Hotel

Fundraiser for the Ballet Austin Guild

10am - 1pm - Lecture, Q&A, book signing, reception

Friday, April 18th

PORTLAND, ME

USM's Hannaford Auditorium

5-8pm

6th Annual Excellence in Education Celebration

Keynote speech

Saturday, April 19th

BALTIMORE, MD

Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center

Aunt Hattie's Place 10th Anniversary

7:30-7:50pm - Speech

Book signing

Monday, April 21st

SEATTLE, WA

Seattle Convention Center

Annual Children's Justice Conference

12noon - Keynote speech

1pm - Book signing

Tuesday, April 22nd

SEATTLE, WA

Columbia Tower Club

Black Father Program: The Importance of Mentoring

7:30-8pm - Presentation

Thursday, April 24th

DES MOINES, IA

Global Youth Service Day Celebration

6:45pm - Keynote speech

7:30-8pm - Book and autograph signing

Saturday, April 26th

BOSTON, MA

1pm - Panel participant, Newburyport Literary Festival

4pm - Reading and book signing

Monday, April 28th

ST. LOUIS, MO

4Show4Kids Foundation

8:15-8:45pm - Speech

9pm - Book signing

Wednesday, April 30th

LAKE WALES, FL

Heartland for Children

9-9:15am - Speech and book signing

Thursday, May 1st

WASHINGTON, DC

National Council of Negro Women's National Headquarters

12noon - Luncheon and book signing

Renaissance Washington, DC, Hotel

National Convening on Youth Permanence

6:45-7:45 - Book signing

Sunday, May 4th

BOSTON, MA

8am - Church service and book signing

11am - Church service and book signing

Tuesday, May 6th

AUGUSTA, ME

Barnes & Noble

1-3pm - Luncheon and book signing

The Senator Inn

5:30-8pm - Maine Children's Trust dinner

Keynote speech and book signing

Friday, May 9th

NEW YORK, NY

Barnes & Noble

105 5th Avenue at 18th Street

New York, NY 10003

6pm - Book signing

Sunday, May 11th

FREEPORT, ME

LL Bean

2:30pm - Book signing

Wednesday, May 14th

SANTA CRUZ, CA

Sea Cliff Golf Club

Cabrillo College Childhood Education Dept.

10:30-11:30am - Speech

11:30am - 1pm - Lunch and book signing

Sunday, May 18th

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Beverly Hills Hotel

12-3pm

Saturday, May 24th

HOUSTON, TX

1-4pm - Luncheon, tea, book signing

pm - Church and book signing

Sunday, May 25th

HOUSTON, TX

9:30am - Megachurch book signing

Saturday, May 31st

LOS ANGELES, CA

11:30am - 12:30pm - BEA book signing, Table 12

Saturday, June 7th

BATON ROUGE, LA

Barnes & Noble

Sunday, June 8th

METAIRIE, LA

Borders

Thursday, June 19th

GREENVILLE, SC

Book signing

Friday, June 20th

GREENVILLE, SC

SC/Hyatt Regency Hotel

1:30-2:30pm - Closing keynote speech, followed by book signing

Saturday, June 21st

TOLEDO, OH

Toledo Museum Family Festival

4pm - Presentation and book signing

Friday, July 4th

SEATTLE, WA

The Links, Inc., 36th National Assembly

Luncheon and book signing

90-minute discussion and workshop

Saturday, July 12th - Thursday, July 17th

CINCINNATI, OH

NAACP 99th Annual Convention

Book signing in Authors' Pavilion

Wednesday, July 23rd - Sunday, July 27th

CHICAGO, IL

McCormick Place West

NABJ Convention

Saturday, August 1st

ATLANTA, GA

National Book Club Conference

2:30pm - Book signing

Saturday, August 23rd

HOUSTON, TX

RFCPP Fundraiser

Thursday, October 2nd

BOSTON, MA

The Epicenter

St. Mary's Women's and Children's Center

7-7:20pm - Presentation and Q&A, followed by book signing

Thursday, October 9th

VANCOUVER, WA

YMCA of Clark County Annual Conference

12noon - Luncheon and keynote speech

1:30pm - Book signing

Wednesday, October 15th - Sunday, October 19th

FRANKFURT, GERMANY

Frankfurt Book Fair 2008

Tuesday, October 21st

AUSTIN, TX

Doubletree Hotel

Greater Texas Community Partners

10:30am - 12noon - Keynote speech followed by book signing

Thursday, October 30th

BALTIMORE, MD

Sheraton Baltimore City Center

Alliance for Children & Families Annual Conference

10:30am - 12noon - 45-minute keynote speech, followed by book signing

Friday, November 7th - Sunday, November 9th

ANTIGUA, WEST INDIES

Antigua and Barbuda Literary Festival