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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER<\/strong>, Washington, D.C.
\nJuris Doctor, 1995 (Member of the D.C. Bar)<\/p>\n

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, <\/strong>Washington, D.C.
\nBachelor of Business Administration – Accounting, 1992<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n

PEN\/FAULKNER FOUNDATION<\/strong>, Washington, DC<\/p>\n

Board Member<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS<\/strong>, Washington, DC<\/p>\n

Member
\nPUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOOKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Our Way To Beautiful, Random House, 2002<\/p>\n

Shaking The Tree, An Anthology of Black Women Writers, 2005 (Contributor)<\/p>\n

SELECTED COMMENTARY, ESSAYS, & REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGangsta Lit Poisons Black Audiences. \u201d USA Today<\/em>, July 6, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlacks Must Nurture Cultural Centers.\u201d USA Today<\/em>, December 23, 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Call to Rebuild New Orleans.\u201d NPR\u2019s News & Notes<\/em>, September 20, 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlacks Suffer Economic Crackup.\u201d USA Today<\/em>, December 17, 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlatitudes.\u201d Black Issues Book Review,<\/em> September 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael, Wayne, Donny, Ray and Baby Jane.\u201d\u00a0 Essence Magazine<\/em>, November, 1999.<\/p>\n

FACULTY EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adjunct Professor, <\/strong>Department of English, Spring Semester 2003.<\/p>\n

Montgomery College, Rockville, M.D.<\/em><\/p>\n

Taught undergraduate courses in journalism, essay writing and argument.<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Frequent Contributing Columnist<\/em>, November 2003 to present.<\/p>\n

Provide commentary on race, culture and politics.<\/p>\n

National Newspaper Publishers Association<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Columnist<\/em>, January 1999 to May 2002.<\/p>\n

Wrote a bi-weekly social and political column that was syndicated in over 200 black newspapers.<\/p>\n

SELECTED WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personal Essay Workshop, (8 hours) D.C. Adult Literacy.\u00a0 June 2006.<\/p>\n

Memoir Writing Workshop, D.C. Adult Literacy.\u00a0 January 2006 to April 2006.<\/p>\n

Personal Essay Workshop, The Writer\u2019s Center, Bethesda, MD\u00a0 Spring 2003.<\/p>\n

PANELS, PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Role of the African American Writer,\u201d Coastal Bend College, Beeville, TX, February 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious Themes in Memoirs,\u201d Fordham University, Bronx, NY February 2003.<\/p>\n

Guest Lecturer, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemory and the Memoir,\u201d Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, March 2003.<\/p>\n

Guest Lecturer, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, February 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Resurrecting Power of the Human Spirit,\u201d Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL, January 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cAutobiography:\u00a0 The African American Tradition,\u201d Georgia Southwestern State University, October 2002.<\/p>\n

Guest Lecturer, Dillard University, March 2001.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Women Memoirists,\u201d Louisiana State University, February 2001.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious Themes in Memoirs,\u201d South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, September 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemoir Writing,\u201d Washington Independent Writers Conference, May 2000<\/p>\n

Guest Lecturer, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC, October 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemory and the Memoir,\u201d Marian College, Indianapolis, IN.\u00a0 September 2000.<\/p>\n

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emerging Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, D.C., December 2002<\/p>\n

Small Projects Grantee<\/strong><\/p>\n

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, <\/strong>Washington, DC, June 2000.<\/p>\n

COMMUNITY SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

2006 – Present – Book Club Sponsor, Cardozo High School, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2007 – Classroom Presentation. M.M. Washington, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2006 – Classroom Presentation. IDEA, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2006 – Classroom Presentation. Vernon Sewell of Francis Junior High, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2006 – Classroom Presentation. Cesar Chavez Public Charter School, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2006 – Classroom Presentation. SEED, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2003 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Huntington High School, Shreveport, LA.<\/p>\n

2003 – Claude Brown Writers Series, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

2002 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Fairmont Heights High School.\u00a0 Hyattsville, MD.<\/p>\n

2002 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Stoner Hill Elementary School, Shreveport, LA.<\/p>\n

2002 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Broadmoor Junior High School, Shreveport, LA.<\/p>\n

2002 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, LA.<\/p>\n

2002 – Classroom Presentation.\u00a0 Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C. Juris Doctor, 1995 (Member of the D.C. Bar) HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting, 1992 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP PEN\/FAULKNER FOUNDATION, Washington, DC Board Member NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS, Washington, DC Member PUBLICATIONS BOOKS On Our Way To Beautiful, Random House, 2002 Shaking The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yolandayoung.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}