Author and Coach to Deliver 25th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Dr. Pamela Larde, a professor, coach, award-winning author, business owner, and Director of Education at Harvard/McLean's Institute for Coaching, will deliver the 25th W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Larde will deliver the Lecture and participate in a Q&A on Wednesday, March 2, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET. The virtual event is free and open to the public and will be broadcast live via Zoom; attendees can join the virtual lecture here.
According to a press release, Larde's talk, "Shameless Joy as a Catalyst for Change," will examine the power joy holds to have "fueled every fight for justice, every push for change, and every movement toward peace."
"Just as our great leaders of the past utilized joy in the face of pain, we too must shamelessly embrace the power of joy to sustain ourselves and to continue in the push for change," Larde said.
Larde will also reflect on her own research on joy and resilience and the influence that W.E.B. Du Bois' leadership has had on her work.
A founder and owner of two companies, Tandem Light Press and the Academy of Creative Coaching, and host of a podcast and TV show, The Joy Whisperer, Larde will draw from her experience as an author, researcher, and coach focusing on race and gender dynamics, self-motivation, joy resilience, and posttraumatic growth.
Established in 1996, the annual W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture is given each year by a distinguished individual whose own achievements carry on the legacy of Du Bois. Recent visitors include Shana Russell, Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor, David Levering Lewis, Lorene Cary, John Edgar Wideman, Sonia Sanchez, and Penelope Andrews. T
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