On Thursday, October 5, 2023, the Dr. William R. Harvey Museum of Art at Talladega College continues its monthly Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series with a public presentation at noon by Salaam Green. Green’s presentation, “What Black Women Want You to Know: The Literary History of Art and Racial Healing in Alabama,” addresses the contemporary and historic effects of racism in the Deep South. It explores literature featuring perspectives from African-American women and literary artists influenced by the history of Alabama’s diverse literary culture. Art and racial healing as a practice is about community-based sustainable change; Green’s racial healing work is informed by the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation program, a comprehensive, national, and community-based process to plan for and bring about community transformations and sustainable change. She will share information about that program and its applications and outcomes in Alabama communities.
Green is a sought-after speaker, award-winning artist, writer, creator of What Black Women Want You to Know, and founder of Literary Healing Arts, supporting individuals and organizations in using writing, poetry, and storytelling to reclaim their voices and transform their lives. In her work as an advocate for racial justice, Green has spoken at the United Nations and facilitated and trained hundreds of leaders throughout the South, including through the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation and the UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine. A graduate of the University of Montevallo, Salaam is a certified practitioner and trainer for the Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation process, a former Reimagining Justice and Women’s Policy Fellow, and a Community Village awardee for gender justice work in the South.
The Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series is made possible in part by a grant from the Daniel Foundation and through support from Talladega College and the Alabama Humanities Alliance’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, which helps communities statewide bring scholar-storytellers to town. AHA’s roster of Road Scholars includes more than 30 historians, professors, authors, and other experts who deliver fascinating, humanities-rich presentations year-round. alabamahumanities.org.
