Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12 NOON
PRSA Event
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Rhonda is the featured poet.
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 6 PM
Poetic Feminenergy
Tulani Rose
4201 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Featuring performances by Andrea Daniel,
P.E.A.C.E. and Rhonda Welsh.
Wednesday, July 9, 2013, 6:30 PM
"Touch It. Taste It. Write it Loud."
Oakwood Writers Group
Oakwood Learning Center
18501 Rotunda
Dearborn, MI 48126
Wednesday, September 10, 2013, 6:30 PM
"How I Spent My Summer Vacation II:
Writing the Summer Experience"
Oakwood Writers Group
Oakwood Learning Center
18501 Rotunda
Dearborn, MI 48126
April 25, 2013 @ Broadside Press, The Wright Museum, Detroit, MI
April 5, 2013 @ Manila Bay, Detroit, MI
Feb 22, 2013 @ Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
Jan 9, 2013 @ Oakwood Learning Center, Dearborn, MI
Sep 29, 2012 @ Gem Theatre, Detroit, MI
Sep 16, 2012 @ Greek Cultural Center, Taylor, MI
Sep 12, 2012 @ Creative Writing Workshop, Oakwood Learning Center, Dearborn, MI
Sep 9, 2012 @ Free Verse, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI
July 9, 2012 @ Milan Federal Correctional Facility, Milan, MI
May 23, 2012 @ House of Prayer for All People, Detroit, MI
April 11, 2012 @ Oakwood Learning Center, Dearborn, MI
March 30, 2012 @ Free Verse Fridays!, Thistle Coffee House, Detroit, MI
March 10, 2012 @ Performers Expo 2012, Taylor, MI
March 12, 2012 @ Atlas Global Bistro, Detroit, MI
March 14, 2012 @ Oakwood Learning Center, Dearborn, MI
March 1, 2012 @ B in the City, Detroit, MI
Feb 24, 2012 @ Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Detroit, MI
Feb 21, 2012 @ Svmix.com Radio, Berkeley, MI
Feb 8, 2012 @ Oakwood Learning Center, Dearborn, MI
Feb 2, 2012 @ Thursdays in the D, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Jan 28, 2012 @ Urban Cyber Network Cafe, Detroit, MI
Jan 24, 2012 @ The Billy T Show!, U Detroit Cafe, Detroit, MI
Jan 15, 2012 @ Free Verse, Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center, Detroit, MI
Jan 11, 2012 @ Michigan Writers' Network, Blogtalk Radio
Dec 3, 2011 @ Noel Night @ Textures by Nefrititi, Detroit, MI
Sept 23, 2011 @ Thistle Coffee House, Detroit, MI
Sept 1, 2011 @ Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI
Aug 26, 2011 @ Manila Bay Cafe, Detroit, MI
Aug 9, 2011@ Milan Federal Correctional Facility, Milan, MI
June 24, 2011@ Bettie R. May Foundation, Bingham Farms, MI
June 18, 2011 @ Conversation on Racial Unity, Nandi's Knowledge Cafe, Highland Park, MI
June 18, 2011@ Creative Juicez, Artists' Village, Detroit, MI
June 17, 2011@ The Lyrical Vibe'z Experience, Manila Bay, Detroit, MI
June 15, 2011 @ Free Your Soul, 1917 American Bistro, Detroit, MI
June 12, 2011@ The Writers' Workshop, Blessed Vibrations, Inglewood, CA
May 21 @ Quebec Writers Federation, Writers' Retreat, Chateauguay, Quebec, CANADA
Apl 1, 2011 @ Forever Free: Equipped to Live, Women's Conference!, Detroit, MI
Feb 2, 2011 @ Secret Word Cafe, Houston, TX
Feb 1, 2011@ Secret Word Cafe, Houston, TX
Dec 10, 2010 @ Emily Dickinson Birthday Bash, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Nov 14, 2010 @ Songwriting Master Class w/Kevin Sandbloom & Rhonda Welsh, Detroit, MI
Nov 6, 2010 @ Bookfest Windsor 2010, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA
Oct 23, 2010 @ 4th Fridays w/Rufus Harris, Ford Performing & Community Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
Oct 10, 2010 @ Sweet Epiphany, Detroit, MI
Oct 7, 2010 @ Southfield Public Library, Southfield, MI
September 11, 2010 @ Private Engagement, Southfield, MI
August 18, 2010 @ Motown Writers Radio Show, Blog Talk Radio
August 1, 2010 @ Red Clay Legacy Celebration, The Sweet Epiphany, Detroit, MI
July 24, 2010 @ Peaceful Poetics,The Sweet Epiphany, Detroit, MI
July 22, 2010 @ Private Signing, Bingham Farms, MI
July 15, 2010 @ The Main Course, They Say Restaurant, Detroit, MI
July 12, 2010 @ Summer Poetry Scarab Mondays, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
June 21, 2010 @ U.S. Social Forum Pre-Event, Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI
May 29, 2010 @ 80th Birthday Party, Polish Century Club, Sterling Heights, MI
May 19, 2010 @ Celebration of Malcolm X, Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI
May 1, 2010 @ Celebration of Naomi Long Madgett, Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI
March 26, 2010 @ 4th Fridays w/Rufus Harris, Ford Performing & Community Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
March 5, 2010 @ Black History Month Program, Vernor Elementary School, Detroit, MI
February 20, 2010 @ Black History Month Program, Word of Truth COGIC, Warren, MI
February 12, 2010 @ InsideOut Reading Series, Detroit Artists Market (DAM), Detroit, MI
January 25, 2010 @ American Christian Writers (ACW), Greater Grace Tabernacle, Detroit, MI
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I am grateful for my new project, Raw Clay!
It seems counterintuitive to express gratitude during times of death and loss. When my sister, Emily, passed away the last thing that I thought about was gratitude. She was my creative soulmate in the family and I always admired her ability to undertake so many creative pursuits simultaneously. But the one thing that I noticed was that she never had the courage to pursue her art seriously. We discussed this a few weeks before she died and we had plans to write a book together. But, she didn't live long enough to make this dream come true. When I released my CD in 2006 and my book in 2010, it was on the wings of her legacy. She left me a legacy of creativity. Gratitude helped me turn it into something tangible.
When Dr. Pamela May, lost her mother to Small Cell Lung Cancer. She celebrated her mother's life by developing The Bettie R. May Foundation for Small Cell Lung Cancer. She shows her gratitude for her mother by offering support to cancer survivors and funds for cancer research. Recently a friend told me that his mother always modeled love through her live. She was a powerful presence because she forgave and showed love even when people wronged her. Even after her death, he continues to be inspired by her legacy of love. Another friend shared with me how her recently deceased grandmother sent care packages, when she was a child living overseas. Those consistent displays of warmth meant the world to her during a very troubled childhood and they continue to inspire her to be a better adult.
I offer these examples in hopes that you will consider embracing gratitude if you are experiencing loss. It's not an easy thing to do. Loss is uncomfortable and undesirable and painful. We don't want it. We resist it at every cost. But it eventually touches most of us. When it touches you, I encourage you to grieve because it's natural to grieve. And it's important to allow yourself to experience those stages. Creativity, love, warmth, and philanthropy are the gifts that loss gave my friends and me when it was filtered through gratitude. When the time comes and you are ready, I pray that you can embrace the lesson that loss can teach you. Who am I to tell you how to live? No one really… I am just a poet. But I have lived long enough to gain a little wisdom, a whole lot of love and a soupcon of gratitude. So what I have I gratefully and humbly offer to you. May your Thanksgiving and your entire holiday season be filled with deep and abiding joy!
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