Author Talk with Nicole Rich Stevens
Come meet Nicole Rich Stevens at Hull Street Branch Library. Ms. Stevens is the author of A Mother's Ugly Child: Never Feeling Loved, a thought-provoking short memoir about the author's childhood and how she came to start her healing journey.
Author Nicole Rich Stevens' mission is to help wounded women become whole. She is a public speaker, a servant of God, a life coach, a television host, and the founder of "I am Redeemed" Ministries.
Copies of Mother's Ugly Child: Never Feeling Loved will be available for purchase at the author talk.
- Date:
- Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Hull Street Meeting Room
- Categories:
- Author Visit
- Audience:
- Adults
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
