SPEAKING & EVENTS
Upcoming
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Past
Oct 8, 2021 - Zoom webinar for Century College, MN, “Communicating through a cultural lens.”
Oct 1, 2021 - Zoom webinar for CT’s Wheeler Clinic, staff only
June 7, 2021 - Emerson Pride Story Slam
April 28, 2021 - Online Zine Workshop for WomenShelter of Long Beach, CA
April 29, 2021 - Online Zine Workshop for Central Connecticut State University’s English Dept. & LGBT Center
March 25, 2021 - Zoom Discussion with Mary & Donald for Central CT State University’s LGBT Center.
May 17, 2019 - Private event. Grand Rounds at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine (Manhattan Campus).
May 4th, 2018 - Conference registration required. Guest presenters at annual National Association of Social Workers Conference (NASW); "Helping Families with Transgender Children Navigate the Emotional Transition."
March 29, 2018 - Author signing and talk at UCONN's Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Event in conjunction with the Social Work Department, featuring the authors alongside a panel of experts.
March 17, 2018 - Presenter @ 25th True Colors National Convention, UCONN, Storrs, CT. Student Center 325. "Parents, Guardians & Family Members Parents Facing Tensions Raising GBLTQ Teens."
Feb. 23 2018 - Keynote speakers @ American College Counseling Association 2018 Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Jan 26, 2018 - CMHC Auditorium. Donald and Mary are doing Grand Rounds for Yale's Department of Psychiatry, giving a reading and Q&A.
Jan 21, 2018 - Private event. Guest speakers at Southern CT State University's Honors seminar. At The Broken Places was required reading for all honors students.
Nov 4, 2017 - Public Reading @ Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
Nov 2, 2017 - Private event. Donald is visiting Trinity College to discuss queer-positive greek initiatives with the Inter-Greek Council.
Oct 30, 2017 - Public Reading and Q&A @ Trinity College, Mather Hall Terrace Rooms, 3rd floor
Sep 20, 2017 - Public Reading/Q&A at West Hartford, CT's Noah Webster Library, with Dr. Elijah Nealy.
Aug 5, 2017 - Conversation Hour Presenter @ 125th Annual Convention American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C., Convention Center Room 145B
June 22, 2017 - Public event. Poynter Fellow Q&A @ Yale University, New Haven, CT. CT Mental Health Center Auditorium, 34 Park St.
June 13, 2017 - Public Reading @ Busboys & Poets, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.
May 25, 2017 - Public Reading @ Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
May 2, 2017 - Public Reading @ Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
April 26, 2017 - Public Reading @ CCSU Bookstore, New Britain, CT
March 16, 2017 - Presenter @ 24th True Colors National Convention, UCONN, Storrs, CT. LH 108. "Parents and Trans Teens in Conflict."
*** In college, Blake also did classroom visits and presented at Emerson's RA training. He travelled as a guest speaker to Wesleyan University and Curry College, and was a panelist at Fenway Health.