Events & Appearances
Rebecca Skloot travels worldwide speaking about her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and related scientific and ethical issues; she also teaches writing workshops and gives talks on a wide range of subjects at conferences and universities nationwide. Skloot has been on tour speaking about The Immortal Life for more than a year—for the full story of The Immortal Tour, and how and why Skloot organized it herself, visit the Book Tour page of this site. See the calendar below for a schedule of Skloot’s upcoming speaking events, which is updated often. If you’d like to invite Skloot to give a talk in your area, please contact her speaking agent.
Wilmington, NC
University of North Carolina, Wilmington – Talk and Q&A
Skloot will speak at University of North Carolina, Wilmington at 601 S. College Rd. in Wilmington, NC at 7pm. For more information, please contact Shannon Hooker, Director Campus Life Art & Programs at 910-962-7600 or email: hookers@uncw.edu.
Northampton, MA
Smith College – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will speak at Campus Center 106, 100 Elm Street. For more information please call 413-585-4940 or email Rae-Anne Butera, Associate Dean of Students.
Northfield, VT
Norwich University – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will be speaking at Norwich University at 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663. For more information call (802) 485-2327 or visit www.norwich.edu.
Duluth, MN
College of St. Scholastica – Talk, Q&A and book signing
Skloot will speak at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center–Symphony Hall at 7:30 pm. For more information, please contact Ann Elliott via email aelliot3@css.edu or phone 218-625-4449.
Frederick, MD
Friends of Frederick County Public Libraries – Talk, Q&A and book signing
Skloot will speak at Weinberg Center for the Arts at 7:30 pm at 20 W. Patrick Street in Frederick, MD as part of Frederick County Library’s “Frederick Reads” Program and Hood College’s William J. and Wilma M. Haines Lecture in Biomedical Ethics. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Cromwell at 301.600.1629 or email ecromwell@fredco-md.net.
Baltimore, MD
Community College of Baltimore County – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will speak at the Essex Campus at Community College of Baltimore County, the time is still to be determined. For more information, please call (443) 840-1743 or email Heather Harris, Faculty Instructor at hharris@ccbcmd.edu.
Baltimore, MD
Community College of Baltimore County – A conversation with Sonny Lacks
Sonny Lacks will speak at at the Catonsville Campus at Community College of Baltimore County. Time to be determined. For questions, please email Heather Harris, Faculty Instructor at hharris@ccbcmd.edu or call (443) 840-1743.
Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown College – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will speak at Elizabethtown College, at Nicarry 135, One Alpha Drive. For more information, please call 717-361-1327 or email Rachel Finley-Bowman.
Chestnut Hill, MA
Boston College – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will speak at Boston College located at 140 Commonwealth Avenue in Chestnut Hill at 7pm. For more information, please call 617-552-3191 or email Carlo Rotella.
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Public Library – Talk, Q&A and Book Signing
Skloot will be speaking at the Cleveland Public Library Writers and Readers Series at the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium at 325 Superior Avenue in Cleveland. For more information please call (216) 623-2800 or visit http://www.cpl.org/.
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation strives to provide financial assistance to needy individuals who have made important contributions to scientific research without their knowledge or consent.
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