Coburn Place is teaming with the Round Room organization to host We Survive and Rise: A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford. The Indianapolis writer, host and educator is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter.
The free event set to begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the Martin University Gathertorium.
Her powerful book explores growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, how isolating and complex such a childhood can be, and her journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into.
Her talk is titled Surviving Trauma and the Path to Healing. There will also be a panel discussion with licensed therapist Hazel Owens, as well as a book signing and mental health resource fair. Allison Victoria will provide live music from 2 to 3 p.m. (Content warning: Discussion may include sexual assault, child abuse and domestic violence.)
The event is made possible by the Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative In partnership with Christ Church Cathedral and Indianapolis Recorder newspaper. To register, go to surviveandrise.eventbrite.com.
Photo above: Martin University is located at 2186 N. Sherman Drive.
