Jodie Patterson: Author, Social Activist, and Mother at Community Art Center
| Hours: | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
Join Community Art Center for a compelling and dynamic discussion on identity, community-building, and transformation with author Jodie Patterson.Jodie's work broaches radical parenting; being raised in a very pro-Black, identity-affirming household, and how that would later inform her human rights activism; learning from her own child as he introduced his trans-identity to her; how Mothering, at its core, is community-building and a lot like urban planning; the art of pivoting during times of transition and transformation.
This ever is FREE, and the first 125 registrants will receive a copy of Jodie's book, The Bold World.
Lite fare and refreshments will be served.
Jodie Patterson is an author, activist, beauty explorer and mother of 5.
She was the first black person to hold the position of Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, our nation’s largest LGBT organization.
As a globally recognized activist, she speaks on topics of radical parenting, identity, and gender.
When her son announced at the age of 3 “Mama I’m not a girl. I’m a boy”, she set out to inform herself, shift her own bias and change the way her community understood gender.
Patterson chronicled that journey in her memoir, The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation - hailed by Alice Walker as “Marvelous”.
Cosmopolitan Magazine filmed a mini documentary on Jodie’s family in 2016 - reaching over 11 million views.
Her second book, Born Ready: The True Story Of A Boy Named Penelope is an award winning children’s book that was gifted to all public schools in the state of Kansas
Patterson is also a long-standing entrepreneur, co-founding two beauty companies and receiving Beauty Skin Expert of the Year award by Cosmopolitan Magazine.
She co-owns the live performance venue Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater.
Along with the work Patterson does with the Human Rights Campaign, she sits on the Board of Directors for The Shabazz Center - which upholds the legacy and teachings of Malcolm X, as well as sits on Mount Sinai’s Institute for Health Equity Research Task Force, and Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Advisory Board.
Patterson is also on the Advisory Board of the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project.
The United Nations recognized Patterson as a Champion of Change.
Jodie Patterson lives in Brooklyn where she co-raises her children with love, education and family solidarity.
Additional information about the author, click HERE!
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119 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139 map
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