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2015

February 5, 2015, 1:00 pm

Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744. Harmony Hallers Black History Month events, Lecture on Black Inventors and Their Inventions. For more information call 301-203-6040.

February 8, 2015, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland. Lecture on African American inventors and book signing. For more information call 301-377-7800.

2014

February 26, 2014, 6:00 pm
"Marketplace," American Public Media, Dan Bobkoff, reporter, NPR, WAMU.


March 11, 2014. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Prince George's History from a Woman's Perspective, panelist, Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD  20744.  For more information call 301-203-6040.
 
2013

February 6, 2013, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
The University of Maryland, Department of Residential Facilities, College Park, MD, Black History Month program on African American inventors, Oakland Hall, Room 0204.
 
February 16, 2013, 11:50 am-12:30 pm
Washington, DC Family History Center's Black History Month commemoration, Visitor's Center, 9900 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895. Presentation on African American inventors. For more info contact Carol Petranek.
 
February 24, 2013, 11:00 am
Southminister Presbyterian Church, Oxon Hill, MD. Presentation on African American inventors.
 
February 25, 2013, 3:00 pm
www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett, Research at the National Archives and Beyond! Interview re African American inventors by host Bernice Bennett.
 
March 16, 2013, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The Museum for Black Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Creatively Making a World of Difference: African American Innovators and Entrepreneurs, Curator: Pat Sluby, Opening Reception at THE ARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE, Washington, DC. For more information call 781-708-2764.

2012

January 14, 2012, 6:00 pm
Special screening of Soledad O'Brien's CNN Documentary "The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley" followed by a panel discussion with Navarrow Wright, A'Lelia Bundles, and Patricia Carter Sluby, 5500 Holmes Run Parkway, Alexandria, VA 22304. Pre-registration required.
 
February 9, 2012, noon
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia, Black History Month program re African American women inventors in American history. For more info call 571-272-6315
 
February 18, 2012, 2:00 pm
Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center, Gallery 110, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722. Presentation on African American Inventors. For more information, call 301-209-0592.
 
 
February 23, 2012, 12:15 pm
Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Ft. Washington, MD 20744. Brief talk on African American inventors.
 
March 28, 2012, 9:00 am
March 31, 2012, 4:00 pm
April 2, 2012, 12:00 noon
Sirius XM Radio, Channel 141, HUR Voices, "Nano Talk" with host Dr. Gary Harris of Howard University, honoring Women's History Month and African American women inventors.

April 14, 2012, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Virginia Union University VASLGJ Capital Beltway Chapter meeting. Dialogue with author Pat Sluby. Mama Stella's restaurant, 7918 Old Branch Avenue, Clinton, MD 20735. For more information call (703) 909-9119.
 
May 5, 2012, 10:15 am
Literary Sharing by Pat Sluby, Innovations in Aging, 2012, Gaylord National Hotel. "Shout!" Stage. Fort Washington, MD.
 
September 9, 2012, 4:00 pm
Mistress of Ceremonies, "Inspiration for a Sunday Afternoon," The Mildred D. Twitty Series presenting David B. Whitley in Concert, Christ United Methodist Church. SW, Washington, DC.

2011

February 18, 2011, 10:30 am
Second Annual Virginia Union University Student/Scholar Town Hall, L. Douglas Wilder Library & Learning Center, Richmond. For more information call the University.
 
February 23, 2011, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD.
 
February 26, 2011, 10:00 am
85th Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Luncheon. Author's Book Signing. Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC.
 
March 2011
Announcing the release of The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors, authored by Patricia Carter Sluby and published under the imprint of Praeger. Hard cover, 296 pages, $45.00, available at www.slubyresearch.com and at bookstores, Amazon.com, BN.com. e-Book also available.
 
April 16-17, 2011, 10:00 am to 7 pm, and 10:00 am to 5 pm, respectively
National Black Memorabilia Art, Doll & Collectible Show, Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg, MD 20877, free parking. Call (301) 649-1915 for information.
 
June 5, 2011 and June 9, 2011, 8:30 pm
Jammal Brown, Blogtalkradio.com, interview about my books on African American inventors.
 
September 16, 2011, 11:30 am
2011 National Technical Association Annual National Conference, Blackburn Center, Howard University. Presentation on African American inventors and Book Signing.
 
September 17, 2011, 2 pm
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society-Prince George's County Chapter, Oxon Hill, MD Library, Oxon Hill Road, MD. Presentation on African American inventors and Book Signing.
 
October 6 and 7, 2011, 6:30 pm and 8:30 am, respectively
96th Annual Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Conference, Authors' Book Signing (6:30 pm); Paper titled "Courier or Spy: The Rise of Slave Body Servant Giles Beecher Jackson to Colonel and Attorney at Law." Richmond Marriott, 500 Broad St., Richmond, VA.
 
November 12, 2011, 3:00 pm
Book and Author Event, P. G. County Historical Society, Greenbelt Public Library, meeting room. For more information, contact Beth Lingg at the PGCHS.

2010

February 20, 2010, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Featured Authors Event, 84th Annual Black History Month Luncheon, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Washington Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC. For more information, call (202) 865- 0053.
 
March 16, 2010, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Annual Literary Explorations Day, Harmony Hallers, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, MD 20744. For more information call (301) 203-0929.
 
June 19, 2010, 9:00 am to 2 pm
Christ United Methodist Open House, 4th and I Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20024.
 
September 24, 2010, 7:30 am
Lady Myrrh, WPFW-FM, interview about the book "The Inventive Spirit of African Americans.
 
September 25, 2010, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Joint book signing, Dar Es Salaam (House of Peace), Hampton Mall, 9185 Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 29743. For more information, call (301) 350-3388.

2009

February 7, 2009, 4:30 pm
GW on the Hill, George Wilson host, XM Satellite Radio, Channel 169, The Power.
 
February 8, 2009, 10:00 am
Black History Celebration, Christ United Methodist Church, 4th & I Streets, SW, Washington, DC  20024.
 
February 26, 2009, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
African American Association Program, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
 
March 3, 2009, 9:15 am
"Rising above Limitations -- The Spirit of Women Inventors," Women's History Month presentation, National Gallery of Art, 4th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
 
March 28, 2009, 11:00 am
"Rising above Limitations--The Spirit of African American Women Inventors," Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE, Washington, DC 20020. For reservations, call (202) 633-4844.
 
March 31, 2009, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Literary Day, Authors platform, Harmony Hallers, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, MD 20744. For more information call (301) 203-6040.
 
August 6, 2009, 3:00 pm
Museum Academy Summer End Program, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Open House, 1901 Fort Place, SE, Washington, DC 20020.

2008

February 10, 2008, 4:00 pm
Harambee Radio, Dalani Ammon host, 2008 Afrocentric Book Expo.
February 23, 2008 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
2008 Afrocentric Book Expo, Mall at Prince Georges, 3500 East West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782. For more information call Karibu Books.
March 2008
Contact FM Radio (website) Arusha Topazzini host, Kigali, Rwanda.
December 30, 2008, 12 noon
Kwanzaa Festival, Harmony Hallers, Harmony Hall Regional Center,10701 Livingstone Road, Fort Washington, MD

2007

February 5, 2007, 12:00 noon
Imperial Plaza Retirement Community, 1717 Bellevue Avenue, Richmond, Virginia.
February 27, 2007, 12:00 noon
Lucent Technologies, New Jersey
February 28, 2007, 9:30 am
Madison The Black Eagle, Radio One Inc., XM Channel 169, THE POWER, WOL-AM 1450
August 25, 2007, 10 am to 6 pm
Black Expo, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
September 1, 2007, 10 am
National Archivist Conference/Archives 2007, Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Panelist

2006

January 7, 2006, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Inventors' Panel, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 830 Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD. For more information call (443) 263-1800.
February 14, 2006, 12 noon
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, 100 Community Dr., Crownsville, MD 21032.
February 16, 2006, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
GW on the Hill, George Wilson host, XM Satellite Radio, channel 169, The Power (simulcast on WOL 1450 AM and WOLB 1010 AM, Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, respectively).
February 23, 2006, 2:00 pm
Whittier Elementary School, Washington, DC.
February 24, 2006, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Howard University, School of Divinity, Washington, DC.
February 28, 2006, 12 noon
Educational Testing Service (ETS), Rosedale Road,30N, Princeton, New Jersey. For more information call 609/683-2902.
March 11, 2006, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tea Time with the Authors, Third Annual Experience the Richness of African American Women Writers Luncheon, Celebrating Women's History Month, Camelot of Upper Marlboro, 13901 Central Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774. For more information call 301/552-7300.
April 6, 2006, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Authors Expo, Blacks in Government, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC. For more information call 202/606-4325.
May 6, 2006, 11:00 to 6:00 pm
Annapolis Book Festival, The Key School Parents' Association, 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD. For more information call 410/263-9231.
September 9, 2006, 12:00 noon
Talk radio, African American issues, Terrence Bolden, Arkansas.
October 7, 2006, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Capital BookFest '06, Blvd. @ Cap Centre, Prince George's County, MD. For more information call (301) 552-7300.