'The Stolen Ones and How They Were Missed' with Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga

Join a special author reading with Seattle’s beloved Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga. Her children's book The Stolen Ones explores what happens in one African village when one of the village children, Nia, is stolen by European slavers. Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga reveals the little-known story of the people left behind in Africa and their vital connection to Black Diasporic peoples in the US and other parts of the Americas.BIODr. Marcia Tate Arunga is the dean of Evergreen State College and has been Teaching Faculty in the BA in Liberal Studies program of Antioch University Seattle.Marcia specializes in human development, intercultural communications and globalism with emphasis on developing cultural competency. As an education and training consultant, Arunga has contracts with the Race and Social Justice Initiative (City of Seattle), the Seattle Housing Authority's Yesler Terrace Redevelopment Project and the Village of Hope. She recently completed a children's book to be published in 2009, entitled The Stolen Ones, and How They Were Missed. She also volunteers as an instructor of college-level sociology at Monroe State Prison. She is the cofounder of Cultural Reconnection Missions, responsible for leading over 75 women from the Pacific Northwest. She is an activist with the Village of Hope, which is committed to reducing the recidivism rate of Washington State prison population.Affiliations Cofounder - Cultural Reconnection Mission Convener - African American Kenyan Women's Interconnect (AAKEWO) Adviser - Parents for Student Success Member Seattle Chapter - National Black Child Development Institute Board Member - Praxis Institute for Early Childhood Education Member - Village of Hope Volunteer Instructor - University Behind Bars Member - Black Prisoners Caucus