Peoria NEXT Creativity Forum, Poetry Reading and Presentation - February 6, 2004
Norridge High School, Class Visits and Poetry Reading, Harwood Heights, IL - March 5, 2004
Bradley University Professional Staff Luncheon, Poetry Reading - March 8, 2004
Bradley University Students and Peoria Community, Poetry Reading, Hartman Center - March 9, 2004
Illinois State Library, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Springfield, IL - March 11, 2004
Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, Chicago, IL - March 26, 2004
Featured Poetry Reading with Selected Illinois Poets Susan Hahn, Rodney Jones, Laurence Lieberman, Demetrice Worley, and myself
CYBER Workshop and Reading, via Internet2, Bernard Zell Anshe Amet Day School, Chicago, IL - March 29, 2004
First-ever Poet Laureate CYBER Workshop and Reading via Internet 2
Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Poetry Reading, Peoria, IL - April 7, 2004
Des Moines Area Community College Poetry Festival, Des Moines, IA - April 12-14, 2004
Residency, readings, lectures, and class visits on campus and within community
St. Louis Community College – Meramec, St. Louis, MO -April 21, 2004
Reading of and lecture on James Wright’s poetry
Mendota, IL Middle and High Schools, Class visits and discussions - April 23, 2004
Mendota, IL Public Library, Community Reading - April 23, 2004
Received key to the city of Mendota
Read to over 200 residents and presented school poetry awards to students
University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL - April 27, 2004
Conducted student poetry workshop and presented evening poetry reading
Institute for Retirement Learning, Poetry Reading and Discussion, Bradley University - April 28, 2004
Dunlap Grade School “Explore More Day”, Presentation, Dunlap, IL - May 14, 2004
Norwood Park Nursing Home, Chicago, IL - June 1, 2004
Conducted workshop, presented lecture, and read poetry to 125 residents
Southwest Kiwanis, Presentation and Reading, Peoria, IL - June 17, 2004
Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation, Arts Legend Silent Auction - Chicago, IL
Designed a SHOUT megaphone with handwritten poem - auction - June 2004
Downtown Rotary, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Peoria - July 16, 2004
Admissions Counselors, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Bradley University - August 20, 2004
Aurora Library Foundation Gala Benefit, Aurora, IL, Poetry Reading - Sept. 10, 2004
St. Xavier University, Class Presentation and Poetry Reading, Chicago, IL - September 23, 2004
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, September 29-30, 2004, Opening Address (9-29) and Poetry Reading (9-30)
Poetry Center of Chicago, Introduced US Poet Laureate Louise Gluck, Chicago, IL - September 29, 2004
Midwest Teachers of English Association Conference, Poetry Reading, Peoria, IL - October 7, 2004
Bradley University, Board of Trustees Appreciation Banquet, Poetry Reading - October 21, 2004
Watseka, IL Public Library, Poetry Reading and Q & A - November 9, 2004
Peoria Poetry Club, Poetry Reading and Presentation - November 13, 2004
Lutheran Hillside Village Retirement Home, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Chillicothe, IL - November 16, 2004
A Celebration of the Arts: Byron DeHaan’s Breviary, Presentation and Reading Converse Marketing Mansion, Peoria, IL - February 25, 2005
North Central College, Naperville, IL, Class visits, interview with student journal, and public reading - March 3, 2005
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, Oak Park, IL, Class visits and presentation to an assembly of 95 sixth graders - March 4, 2005
Illinois Philological Association, Keynote Speaker, IPA Annual Conference, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL - April 1, 2005
Remarks written for the Park Forest, IL Public Library’s Village Poet Laureate Ceremony - April 3, 2005
Peoria Public Library, 125 th Anniversary Celebration, Poetry reading and lecture, April 5, 2005
Peoria Public Schools District 150, Grade School Students’ Daily Pledge Committee, Coordinated by Jennifer Lee, District 150 - Spring—Summer 2005
Knox College, Galesburg, IL, Meetings with students and Public Reading - April 9, 2005
Iles Middle School, Springfield, IL, Class visits and Writers’ Week Keynote Address - April 15, 2005
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, Class visits and Public Reading - April 21, 2005
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Class visits and Public Reading - April 28, 2005
Carl Sandburg Days, Galesburg, IL, Public Poetry Reading - May 5, 2005
Wheaton North High School and Warrenville South High School, Wheaton and Warrenville, IL, Class Visits and Readings - May 10, 2005
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, Public Poetry Reading and Presentation- May 10, 2005
Rotary North, Peoria, IL, Presentation and Poetry Reading - June 9, 2005
Institute for School & Public Librarians, Presentation and Reading - June 14, 2005
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Class Visits and Readings - September 15, 2005
Western Illinois University Public Radio, Public Reading and Presentation before a Live Studio Audience, Q. and A., Broadcast on WIUM Public Radio - September 15, 2005
Kankakee Community College, Class Visit and Poetry Reading - September 29, 2005
Illinois Library Association, Illinois Authors’ Luncheon, Peoria, IL - October 14, 2005
Kennedy Junior High School, Lisle, IL, Class visits & Poetry Reading - October 20, 2005
Illinois Association of College Registrars Annual Conference, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Peoria, IL - October 28, 2005
Final Judge, 1 st Annual Emerging Writers Competition, Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State & State Librarian Jesse White - September 2005
Middle Western Voices: Creative Writing Workshop for Senior High School Students Opening Address and Poetry Reading, Elmhurst, IL - November 3, 2005
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, Public Poetry Reading and Presentation - Nov. 3, 2005
First Annual Emerging Writers Competition, Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State Keynote Address for Awards Ceremony, IL State Library, Springfield - Nov. 8, 2005
Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, Residency, Class Visits, Poetry Reading, & Book Signing - November 17-18, 2005
“Your Illinois,” an original 30-line poem on the history of Illinois, Commissioned for Illinois Studies, a Grade 4 Pupil Edition Illinois history text, Houghton-Mifflin School Division, Boston, MA, 2006, pp. 170-171
First Federated Church, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Peoria, IL - January 25, 2006
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Glen Ellyn, IL, Ms. Heather Farrar’s Fifth Grade Class, Poetry Exchange via Correspondence and Website - January-February 2006
Sangamo Club Literary Circle, Springfield, IL, Presentation and Poetry Reading - February 14, 2006
Blessed Sacrament Elementary School Young Authors’ Program, Springfield, IL, Presentation and Reading - February 14, 2006
Courtenay Language Arts Center, Chicago, Ms. Beth Jacoby and Ms. Judy Metzger’s Students, Poetry Exchange via Correspondence and Website - January 2006
Illinois Arts Council Strategic Plan Task Force, Participant, Illinois Arts Council - 2006
College of DuPage, DuPage, Illinois, Presentation and Poetry Reading - March 30, 2006
College of DuPage, Videotaped Interview with Prof. Freda Libman - March 31, 2006
Kewanee Public Library, Kewanee, IL, Public Reading and Presentation - April 6, 2006
Kewanee High School & Wethersfield High School, Poetry Reading and Presentation Kewanee, IL - April 6, 2006
Bomag Americas, Compaction Machinery Factory, Presentation and Poetry Reading Kewanee, IL - April 6, 2006
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, Poetry Reading and Presentation - April 20, 2006
Annual Creative Writing Festival for High School Students, Western Illinois University Poetry Reading and Presentation to Students, Presentation to H.S. Writing Instructors and Workshop with Students - April 24, 2006
Dunlap Middle School, Dunlap, IL, Classroom Presentation and Poetry Reading - April 28, 2006
Illinois Association for College Admissions Counseling Conference - Itasca, IL - Presentation and Poetry Reading - May 5, 2006
Great Performers of Illinois, Poetry Reading and Presentation, Sponsored by the Chicago Department of Tourism, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL - September 9, 2006
Unitarian Church of Davenport - Presentation to Youth Group and Parents & “Poetry Sermon” to Congregation - Davenport, IA - October 1, 2006
Tribute to Dr. John Stone, Physician, Essayist & Poet, Presentation and Poetry Reading, Dr. Allen Campbell Lecture Fund, Peoria, IL - October 12, 2006
Final Judge, Second Annual Emerging Writers Competition, Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, the IL Center for the Book, and the IL State Library - November 2006
Carol Stream, IL, School Presentations and Poetry Readings - November 2, 2006
Spring Trail Elementary School, 250 Fourth - Sixth Grade students
Jay Stream Middle School, 75 Sixth – Eighth Grade students
Evergreen Elementary School, 400 Kindergarten – Fourth Grade students
Carol Stream, IL Village Hall, Poetry Reading and Presentation - November 2, 2006
Fall Writers Festival - Millikin University, Decatur, IL, Class Visit, Poetry Workshop, Craft Lecture and Poetry Reading - November 10-11, 2006
Second Annual Emerging Writers Competition, Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, IL Center for the Book, and IL State Library, Awards Ceremony Presentation IL State Library, Springfield - November 18, 2006
Illinois Authors Festival, Poetry Reading and Book Signing, Illinois State Library Springfield, IL - November 18, 2006
FB Chapter of P.E.O., First Presbyterian Church, Peoria, IL - February 5, 2006
Literacy Volunteers of Illinois Annual Conference, Poetry Reading and Book Signing University of Illinois Chicago - February 9, 2007
Eureka College, Class Visit and Poetry Reading, Sponsored by Lilac Days Festival and Department of English - April 19, 2007
Judge, Senior Olympics Poetry Contest, Peoria, IL - April 23, 2007
Parkland Community College, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Class Visits and Poetry Reading - April 26, 2007
Free Library, Urbana, IL, Poetry Reading - April 26, 2007
Springfield College of Illinois, Benedictine University, Commencement Address, Springfield, IL - May 12, 2007
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, Commencement Address - May 13, 2007
Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL, Poetry Reading with James Ballowe and Laurie Anne Whitt - May 14, 2007
Kettering University, Flint, MI, Class visits and All-Student Convocation - May 22-23, 2007
Holmes Gender-Based Academy, Flint, MI, Presentation and Reading - May 22, 2007
Sloan Museum and Planetarium, Flint, MI, Poetry Reading - May 22, 2007
Whittier Classical Academy, Flint, MI, Presentation and Reading - May 23, 2007
Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate’s Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle, and High School Students - July 2007
Institute for School & Public Librarians, Presentation and Reading, Bradley University - June 15, 2007
Association of Opinion Page Editors Conference, Northwestern University, Presentation and Reading - September 7, 2007
Lincoln Presidential Library, Howard B. Austin Literary Artifacts Donation, Press Conference, Springfield, IL - September 20, 2007
BlueLine Studios, Chicago, IL , Poetry Reading - October 20, 2007
Ayer Public Library, Delavan, IL, Presentation and Reading - November 1, 2007
MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL, Class Visits and Poetry Reading - February 21, 2008
Lincoln Middle School, Berwyn, IL, Class Visits - April 3, 2008
Berwyn Cultural Center, Berwyn, IL, Poetry Reading and Performance - April 3, 2008
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Reading and Presentation - April 4, 2008
Highland Park Public Library, Highland, IL, Reading and Presentation - April 17, 2008
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL, Commencement Address - May 8, 2008
Institute for School & Public Librarians, Presentation and Reading, Bradley University - June 13, 2008
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2008
Midwest Writers Conference, Workshop, Class and Public Reading, Ball State University, Muncie IN - July 23-26, 2008
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2008
Wheaton & Warrenville's Community Partners in Poetry - Wheaton, IL - Class Visits, Interview with the Mayor Mike Gresk and Poetry Reading (with Mary Kinzie) - September 17, 2008
Literary Memorial for G.E. Murray, Hemingway Museum, Oak Park IL, Master of Ceremonies and Presentation - October 24, 2008
Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, Class Visits and Poetry Reading - November 13 & 14, 2008
Kellar Grade School, Guest Reader, Peoria, IL - February 5, 2009
The Phidian Club, Poetry Reading and Presentation, Dixon, IL - March 5, 2009
Poetry Out Loud: National Poetry Recitation Competition, Illinois State Finals Judge Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL - March 10, 2009
Indian Creek High School, Class Visit and Poetry Reading, Shabbona, IL - March 26, 2009
Augustana College, Class Visit and Poetry Reading and Presentation, Rock Island, IL - April 2, 2009
Spoken Word Revolution, Reading with Slam Poet Marc Smith, Sponsored by the Society of Midland Authors, Chicago, IL - April 14, 2009
Forty-fifth Allerton English Articulation Conference, Poetry Reading and Presentation - Monticello, IL - April 15, 2009
Bradley University, Poetry Reading and Presentation, Peoria, IL - April 20, 2009
Watseka Public Library, Poetry Reading and Presentation, Watseta, IL - April 23, 2009
Joint Poet Laureate Reading with Missouri Poet Laureate Walter Bargen, Schlafly Library, St. Louis, MO - April 30, 2009
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2009
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2009
Hinsdale Public Library, Hinsdale, IL - September 11, 2009
Gold Star Mother's Event, Chicago, IL - September 27, 2009
Morris Area Public Library, Morris, IL - November 12, 2009
David Commandy's Heartland Symphony production, "A Soldier's Tale", Peoria, IL - November 15, 2009
Gwendolyn Brooks Emerging Poets Award Ceremony, Springfield, IL - November 19, 2009
"Paged, Staged, and Engaged: The Poem On and Off the Page," Collaborative Project with Eight Bradley University Faculty, Gallery Exhibition, Bradley University - December 2-18, 2009
Lincoln College Charter Day Celebration, Lincoln, IL - February 14, 2010
Celebrating Language Arts Institute Day, Wheaton, IL - February 26, 2010
Des Moines Area Community College Celebration of the Literary Arts, Des Moines, IA - April 12-14, 2010
English Articulation Conference, Allerton, IL - April 21, 2010
Kankakee Public Library, Kankakee, IL - April 29, 2010
Institute for School & Public Librarians, Presentation, Bradley University - June 18, 2010
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2010
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2010
Gold Star Mother's Event, Chicago, IL - September 26, 2010
National Day on Writing Celebration, Morton High School, Morton, IL - Oct. 14, 2010
National Day on Writing Presentation, Farmington High School, Farmington, IL - Oct. 20, 2010
One Book, One Batavia Celebrating Poetry, Batavia Public Library, Batavia, IL - March 10, 2011.
Literature Festival, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL - March 14, 2011.
"Prayers for the People: Music and Poetry in Celebration of Carl Sandburg" Musical Performances and Poetry Readings, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana IL - March 13, 2011
University of Illinois, Poetry Reading, Illini Bookstore, Champaign-Urbana IL - March 14, 2011
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL - April 7-8, 2011.
Hinckley Public Library, Hinckley, IL - April 7, 2011.
Hinckley-Big Rock Grade School, Writing Workshops Grades 1-5, Hinckley IL - April 8, 2011
Poetry for the President, Final Judge, Ronald Reagan Birth Centennial Poetry Contest Illinois Statewide Grade, Middle, High School Categories - April 2011
Elgin Community College, Egin, IL - April 13-14, 2011.
Limestone Community High School, Bartonville, IL - Class Visits - April 18, 2011.
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2011
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2011
Gold Star Mother's Event, Chicago, IL - September 25, 2011
Elgin FallBack Arts Event, Elgin, IL - November 5, 2011
Peoria Poetry Club, Peoria, IL - November 12, 2011
Emerging Writers Ceremony, Springfield, IL - November 17, 2011
Wordsfair - Southeast Missouri State University - February 16-17, 2012
Associated Writing Programs (AWP), "Illinois Poets Past and Present", Reading with Susan Hahn, Laurence Lieberman, Ed Roberson, and Christina Pugh, Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL - March 2, 2012
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference, "Poet and Polis: State Poets Laureates on Poetry and the Public Sphere", Panel, Chicago, IL - March 3, 2012
Teleconference with Reavis High School - March 21, 2012
Batavia High School, Literary Fest - April 13, 2012
Vachel Lindsay House, Springfield, IL - April 21, 2012
Dwight Township High School, Dwight, IL - April 27, 2012
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee (ISLAC) Meeting, Springfield, IL - September 6, 2012
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2012
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2012
Gold Star Mother's Event, Chicago, IL - September 30, 2012
Chicago Regional Forum on Ethics & Sustainability, Chicago, IL - October 16, 2012
ICC Little Laureates Writing Club, Peoria, IL - October 26, 2012
Poetry Reading & Class Presentation, Methodist School of Nursing - Peoria, IL - Nov. 5, 2012
Emerging Writer's Award Ceremony, Springfield, IL - November 15, 2012
Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL - April 9, 2013
Knox College, Galesburg, IL - April 17, 2013
Carl Sandburg Historical Site, Galesburg, IL - April 17, 2013
David Hernandez's Celebration of Life, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL - April 26, 2013
Poetry Judge, Heart of Illinois Senior Games, Peoria, IL - May 2013
Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Celebration Readings, Chicago Cultural Center - June 7, 2013
Printer's Row, 2 pm, Chicago, IL - June 8, 2013
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2013
Bradley University OLLI Workshop at Starved Rock - September 5, 2013
Carol Stream Public Library - September 19, 2013
Final Judge, Emerging Authors Competition (Poetry), Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2013
Gold Star Mother's Ceremony, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL - September 29, 2013
Webster University, St. Louis, MO - October 3, 2013
Detroit Mercy High School, Video Conference - November 14, 2013
Emerging Poets Award Ceremony, Gwendolyn Brooks State Library - November 19, 2013
Glen Oak School, Class Presentation, Peoria IL - December 20, 2013
Class Visits, Princeville High School, Princeville IL - February 27, 2014
Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know," National Public Radio (NPR) - March 22, 2014
McKendree University, Lebanon, IL - March 27, 2014
Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago, IL - April 3, 2014
Richwoods High School, Peoria, IL - April 10, 2014
"After Hours with Rick Kogan," Radio Interview, WGN Chicago, IL - April 13, 2014
Methodist College of Nursing, Peoria IL - April 23, 2014
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation, Oak Park IL - April 26, 2014
Jo-Anne Hirshfield Memorial Poetry Awards Ceremony, Evanston Public Library - May 4, 2014
Final Judge, Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2014
Peoria Area Retired Teacher's Association, Peoria IL - September 8, 2014
Gold Star Mother's Ceremony, Chicago, IL - Sept. 28, 2014,
Midwest Writing Center, Davenport, IA - Oct. 23, 2014
OLLI, Bradley University, Peoria, IL - Nov. 6, 2014
Final Judge for the Illinois Emerging Writers Competition Awards Ceremony, Springfield, IL - November 21, 2014
Spoken Word Event, The Contemporary School, Peoria, IL - Feb. 12, 2015
Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL - Feb. 19, 2015
Family Reading Night, Dunlap Valley Middle School, Dunlap, IL - Feb. 24, 2015
Teleconference Class Visit and Poetry Reading, Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne, With Indiana Poet Laureate George Kalamaras and His Modern Poetry Course - March 2, 2015
Galena Women's Poetry Guild, Galena, IL - April 10, 2015
Carl Sandburg Illinois Literary Landmark Site Ceremony, Carl Sandburg State Historic Site, Galesburg, IL - April 25, 2015
American Association of University Women, Ivy Club, Peoria, IL - Sept. 12, 2015
Annual Illinois Urological Society Meeting, Crown Plaza, Springfield, IL - Sept. 18, 2015
Peoria Art Guild Fall Preview Party, 7 pm, Peoria, IL - Sept. 25, 2015
Collinsville Memorial Library Center, 6:30 pm, Collinsville, IL - Nov. 5, 2015
Peoria Fine Arts Society, Peoria, IL - Feb. 11, 2016
Emerging Poets Award Ceremony, Gwendolyn Brooks State Library, Springfield, IL - March 3, 2016
IUPUFW Reading with Indiana Poet Laureate, Fort Wayne, IN - March 30, 2016
MacMurray College poetry class Skype presentation, 6:30 pm - April 5, 2016
South Elementary School, Chillicothe, 1 pm - April 7, 2016
Loyola University Libraries' Sandburg Celebration, Presentation: "Carl Sandburg's Chicago Poems: The Poetics of Populism," - Loyola University of Chicago - April 9, 2016
Order of Lincoln Awards Ceremony, The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, Peoria, IL - May 7, 2016
Peoria Women's Club, 11 am, Peoria, IL - May 12, 2016
Video Recitation of Chapter 68 of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, One Book, One School Program, Patton Elementary School, Arlington Heights, IL - September 2016
Final Judge for the Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Poet Laureate's Poetry Contest for Illinois Grade, Middle and High School Students - July 2016
Final Judge for the Gwendolyn Brooks Emerging Poets Competition, Sponsored by Illinois Secretary of State, IL State Library, The Center for the Book, and Illinois Poet Laureate - September 2016
Poetry Reading, Brownstone Barrio 15th Anniversary Reading, Sponsored by the Student Government and English Department at Olive-Henry College - December 8, 2016
Emerging Writers Competition Awards Ceremony, Springfield IL - December 19, 2016
Final Judge / POETRY OUT LOUD / State of Illinois Contest in Springfield, IL - March 10, 2017
Radio Interview / WGN AM 720 with Jane Monzures ('93 BU grad) - March 11, 2017
Macomb Poetry Festival / Poetry Reading and Presentation / Macomb, IL - April 13, 2017
Recitation of "To Illinois' Gold Star Mothers," Official Unveiling of Governor Quinn's Gubernatorial Portrait / Illinois State Capitol / Springfield, IL - May 8, 2017
Fifth Wednesday Journal Poetry Reading with Janice Harrington and Rachel Jamison / Sponsored by The Poetry Foundation / Chicago, IL 7 pm - May 10, 2017
July 2017 / Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards / Final Judge Panel
September 1, 2017 / Poetry Reading for "State and Water: Live Audience Arts Series" / WTVP-TV, Peoria, 6 pm
September 2017 / Gwendolyn Brooks Emerging Poets Competition / Final Judge
Gwendolyn Brooks Emerging Poets Contest Award Ceremony / Nov. 29, 2017 / Illinois State Library / Springfield, IL
