Events

Trinity Star Arts Council Event (opens in a new tab)

Untold Stories From the Waco State Home

(From the book, We Were Not Orphans: Stories from the Waco State Home)

Presentation by author Sherry Matthews, readings by alumni and local actors directed by George Boyd, documentary film by Henry Corra, reception, and book signing. Free admission. Teague High School Theater, 420 Loop 255, Teague, Texas. For information, call (903) 388-4765 or email info@trinitystarartscouncil.org

Texas Book Festival (opens in a new tab)

(Panel, Texas State Capitol, Austin)

The State of Our Children: Texas as a Parent

with Sherry Matthews and William S. Bush

(Texas State Capitol, Capitol Extension Room E2.014)

OHA Annual Meeting (opens in a new tab)

Roundtable: We Were Not Orphans: Stories of Trauma and Triumph from Alumni of a State Home for Children, 1924-1976

Barnes & Noble Arboretum (opens in a new tab)

(Public book signing, Austin)

Waco State Home Ex-student Reunion

(Presentation, Waco, TX)

Metropolitan Breakfast Club (opens in a new tab)

(Presentation, Austin)

McGovern Lecture: "Social Marketing: Its Link to Social Justice" (opens in a new tab)

Texas Union - Quadrangle Room on The University of Texas at Austin campus

The Second Annual Texas Observer Writers' Festival (opens in a new tab)

(Memory and Trauma panel with Sherry from 4:05 - 4:45p, Pine Street Station, 1011 E 5th St., Austin, TX)

BookPeople

(Public book signing, Austin, TX)

Barnes & Noble

(Public book signing, Waco, TX)

Baylor University

Presentation, Bennett Auditorium

Reception and book signing to follow,

The Texas Collection (Carroll Library)