COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CAUSES

 

 

LITERARY COMMUNITY POSITIONS (PAST)

Board of Directors:  Poetry Society of SC

Board of Directors: South Carolina Academy of Authors

Board of Governors: South Carolina Academy of Authors

Board Member/Program Chair: Poetry Society of South Carolina  

Steering Committee: Lenoir Rhyne University Visiting Writers’ Series, Hickory, NC

Chairperson: Flo Robinson Literary Competition, Lincolnton, NC

Judges Committee Chair: North Carolina Poetry Society

Critic: “Forum Poetry Competition” Poetry Society of SC

Program Chair: Poetry Society of SC

Publicity Chairman: Lincoln Cultural Center: $1.7 million fund drive

Steering Committee: Lenoir Rhyne College: Visiting Writers’ Series

Poetry Competition Chair: North Carolina Poetry Society:

Chairperson, Robinson Literary Competition: Lincoln Arts Council, Lincolnton, NC:

Poetry Society of SC: Poetry Walk on the Peninsula, Charleston, SC

Founder: Lincoln County Writers ‘Club, Lincolnton, NC

 

SOCIAL CAUSE READINGS & SIGNINGS

Writers Reading, Christian Family Y, Tribute to 911, Charleston, SC

LGLA’s 1st Annual Festival of Arts, Charleston, SC (Benefiting Lowcountry Aids Services)

National Association for Poetry Therapy “At the Crossroads of Humanity & Healing, Charleston, SC

Grace Episcopal Church Fundraiser, Charleston, SC

 

 

PUBLIC OFFICES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Project “TELL”: Teach Economic Literacy Lectures, Lenoir, NC

Executive Board Member: Lincolnton Arts Council, Lincolnton, NC

Executive Board Member: Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce, Lincolnton, NC

Board Member: American Institute of Banking, Hickory, NC

 

OTHER

Bookstore owner for 5 years: The Next Edition, Lincolnton, NC