Food for Thought: I’m Still Here

Austin Channing Brown recently spoke at St. John’s Episcopal Church, so we have selected her book as part

of our series of titles by recent author visitors to the Valley. About

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness the publisher writes, “Austin Channing Brown’s first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, ‘I had to learn what it means to love blackness,’ a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America’s racial divide as a writer, speaker and expert who helps organizations practice genuine inclusion.”

You can find copies of the book at the Mahoning (e-book) and Trumbull County libraries, YSU Maag Library via OhioLink, from the publisher, and at the YSU Barnes & Noble.

Food for Thought book discussion will be hosted by our community partner Cultivate Cafe, 901 Elm St., on Wednesday, February 13, from 6:00-7:00 pm. If you would like to order a bite to eat, please arrive well before the counter closes at 6:00. Haven’t read the book yet? No worries. Join us. Here are this series’ upcoming selections by writers who have recently visited the Valley:

March 13 (Novel, Speculative Fiction) Kelly Link | Get in Trouble April 10 (Memoir) Scott Simon | Unforgettable May 15 (Nonfiction) Cokie Roberts | Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation