Our Mothers’ Gardens Book Festival
Celebrating our literary foremothers and forefathers, and the healing and liberating practice of literacy, The Obodo Collective will host OUR MOTHERS’ GARDENS BOOK FESTIVAL on the grounds of the Obodo Urban Farm in the heart of the Historic Westside.
This free community event brings internationally renowned and local authors together for a day of live readings, workshops, and cultural programming in the spirit of Obodo’s mission of joining the community in nurturing our bodies, hearts, and minds. Community booksellers Analog Dope and Multicultural Books will be onsite selling books for signing by our featured authors. Library resources provided by the Clark County Library District and the North Las Vegas Library District. Food and beverages will be provided by Simply Pure and The Chef Jeff Project.
Event Lineup
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Festival Welcome: Claytee D. White and Obodo Collective Executive Director Tameka Henry
11:00 AM - 11:50 PM MARITA GOLDEN
The New Black Woman
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM AYANA MATHIS
The Unsettled: Untangling the Roots of Pain & Legacy
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM NABILA LOVELACE
Springing Ripe: Cultivating Freed Selves
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM FRED MOTEN and NIELA ORR
LAS VEGAS ROOTS
11:00 AM - 11:45 PM DARIA PEOPLES
Read Aloud & Create Your Own Stories
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LALA THOMAS
Sixteen & Pregnant
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM IYANA ESTERS with Obodo Farmer Cheyenne Kyle
Birthed from the Soil
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM VOGUE ROBINSON
Sowing Seeds of Emotional Wellness: A Workshop with Poet Vogue Robinson