Monica Fountain

Ode to My Sisters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of poetry is an unapologetic celebration of Black women. Our mothers, aunts, sisters and friends. The women who put the soul in our food and seasoned it with love. The mothers who pack our bags and carry us in their hearts. It is an acknowledgment of our fears and insecurities. It is a recognition of our strength and resilience as Black women. It is a testament to our influence and brilliance as mothers, aunts, sisters, friends, trailblazers, innovators, lovers, warriors and survivors. It is a respectful rumination on our beauty and our worth. Our value and our humanity. It is my ode to my sisters.--Monica Fountain

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 58
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 100g
• ISBN-13: 9781387378845
• ISBN-10: 1387378848
• Artikelnr.: 67392162

Autorenporträt

Writer. Speaker. Teacher. These are a few of the roles that describe Monica Fountain. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Fountain moved to Kankakee, Illinois when she was three years old when her father, the Rev. William H. Copeland Jr., was called to pastor the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. A 1986 graduate of Kankakee High School, Fountain earned her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in news-editorial journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Fountain also studied Spanish at the University of Seville in Spain. In 1992, she was awarded a British Marshall Scholarship and studied politics and economics at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England where she earned a bachelor's degree in politics. As a writer, Fountain has interviewed prisoners and presidents. She has written for some of the top newspapers in the country including The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. As a staff writer at the Tribune, she covered a variety of issues including politics, crime, health and human services and social issues. As a freelance writer, Fountain's work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune where she profiled celebrities and newsmakers from Rosa Parks to Queen Latifah. She also has written for the Washington Post Style section and Black Enterprise magazine. Fountain is the director of communications for Matteson School District 162 and Southland College Prep Charter High School in Richton Park, Illinois. She was the Assistant Director of Advancement at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School, one the top high schools in the country. Before joining University Laboratory High School, Fountain was a lecturer and coordinator of the Professional and Technical Writing program at Chicago State University and a consultant to Chicago State's student newspaper. Fountain also was a director of the Roosevelt University High School Journalism Workshop in Chicago. Fountain has conducted mentoring programs for girls. She also gives parenting workshops on topics such as being an advocate for your child. She has been a featured speaker at schools, churches, women's retreats, conferences, seminars and prayer breakfasts. Fountain wrote her father's memoir, The Lord Will Provide: the Life and Times of William H. Copeland Jr., which was published in 2019 by WestSide Press.