Empowerment Through Literacy Program Planned with Noted Author

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For Immediate Release: October 8, 1999
Contact: African American Employees Association, 301-229-8699

Empowerment Through Literacy
Program Planned with Noted Author

Well known lecturer, Dr. Patricia Reid-Merritt, will discuss " The Success of Our People" on October 23 as part of a continuing series of 'Empowerment by Literacy' discussions by African American authors.

Dr. Reid-Merritt's lecture will be held at the UpCounty Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, from 2 to 4 p.m. The presentation will focus on the childhood and professional development of successful women, the challenges they faced and their struggles for personal happiness.

Dr. Reid-Merritt is a professor at Richard Stockton College in Pomona, New Jersey. She has lectured throughout the United States and abroad. Her book, Sister Power: Black Women on the Cutting Edge of Leadership, profiles 25 successful Black women.

The lecture series is co-hosted by the Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries and the Montgomery County African American Employees' Association.

For more information, call the Montgomery County African American Employees' Association at 301-229-8699; or visit the association's website at www.aaea-mc.com.

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