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Eatonville Food & Folklore Series

Sun, Oct 18 · 5:00 PM Busboys and Poets - Brookland

Eatonville Food & Folklore Series: A Celebration of Zora Neale Hurston Special Guest: Gwen McKinney Join us for an evening at a DC classic - Eatonville Restaurant. Enjoy a curated southern-inspired menu. Limited seating available. Eatonville Food & Folklore Series continues with special guest, Gwen McKinney, Honoring Zora Neale Hurston and the Enduring Legacy of Black Women Writers Special Guest: Gwen McKinney Join us for this month’s Eatonville Food & Folklore Series , a curated four-course dining and storytelling experience - celebrating the rich flavors, traditions, and stories of Southern cuisine - with a special evening honoring the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston and the Enduring Legacy of Black Women Writers. We’re thrilled to welcome Gwen McKinney as our special guest for this month’s event. McKinney is the creator of Unerased | Black Women Speak and founder of McKinney & Associates, the first African American and woman-owned communications firm in the nation’s capital that expressly promotes social justice and public policy. Through Unerased | Black Women Speak, McKinney created Power Read 25, an initiative celebrating the lives, leadership, creativity, and legacy of Black women through biography. The project highlights 25 Black women whose stories deserve to be better known -…

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