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Winter Death Cafe at Boise Public Library Collister branch, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, January 16, 2024, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
Wintry Market, 12th annual holiday art + craft + vintage market with 187 artisans from around the West that I run, Nov 17-18, 2023, Boise Centre, $5-10, Boise, ID
8th Annual Boise Bench Haunted Backyard Zombie Toyland, Halloween night, October 31, 2023, Free! Boise, ID
Trunk Or Treat Haunted Hearses, Relyea Funeral Home with Boise Death Cafe, October 18, 2023, Free!, Boise, ID
Autumn Death Cafe at Ahavath Beth Israel Synagogue, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, October 26, 2023, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
MashUp on Thursday, August 31, from 4-5:30, Albertson Library, Boise State University. There will be a cash bar with the first drink ticket free (which is why the event is 21+). MashUps are fun, fast-paced events featuring two short talks on "odd topics" that seemingly have nothing to do with one another. Then the audience has time to ask questions that connect the two topics. Our speakers for this second in the series include Karen Wadley, Latin instructor in World Languages, talking about her experiences growing up in a family that participated in reenactments of fur-trapping rendezvous, and fat activist and social media influencer Amy Pence-Brown talking about the impacts of social media "shadow banning" on social activism.
Summer Death Cafe at Dry Creek Cemetery, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, Tuesday July 12, 2023, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
Summery Market, an art + craft + vintage market with 130 artisans from around Idaho + the USA that I run, Fri June 16-Sat June 17, 2023, Expo Idaho Fairgrounds, $5, Garden City, ID
Spring Death Cafe at Boise Cole Library, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, April 29, 2023, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
Wintry Market, 11th annual holiday art + craft + vintage market with 135 artisans from around the West that I run, Nov 18-19, 2022, Boise Centre, $5-10, Boise, ID
Body positivity for teen athletes, Chicas Girls Soccer Teams, November 17, 2022, Private event, Meridian, ID
7th Annual Boise Bench Haunted Backyard Zombie Toyland, Halloween night, October 31, 2022, Free! Boise, ID
Death + Cookies: A Sweet Kids' Storytime about Hard Things, I’m reading kids books and leading a family discussion about death at the Collister branch of the Boise Public Library, Thurs Oct 20, 2022, 6:30-8pm, Free! Boise, ID, all ages
September Death Cafe at True North Yoga, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, September 16, 2022, 6-7:30pm, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
Summery Market, an art + craft + vintage market with 116 artisans from around the NW that I run, Fri June 17-Sat June 18, 2022, Expo Idaho Fairgrounds, $5, Garden City, ID
June Death Cafe at Dry Creek Cemetery, I run this local organization where we get together several times a year in community and talk about death in a fun (really!) and intellectual way, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 6-7:30pm, Free!, Boise, ID (adults only)
Poetry & Mimosas, I’m reading some of my poetry at Storyfort at Treefort Music Festival, Sunday, March 27th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Owyhee lobby, Free! downtown Boise, ID (mature content)
Body Talk: Body Image Champion Amy Pence-Brown In Conversation with High School Activist Lizzy Duke-Moe, Storyfort at Treefort Music Festival, Saturday, March 26th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Cherie Buckner-Webb Park, Free! downtown Boise, ID
6th Annual Boise Bench Haunted Backyard Zombie Toyland, Halloween night, October 31, 2021, Free! Boise, ID
Be RAD! Be YOU! A Body Image Workshop for Girls, Weiser Public Library, Saturday October 16, 2021, Weiser, ID
Real People With Real Stories, free public lecture on my work and body liberation, Weiser Public Library, Weiser, ID 630-8pm Thursday October 7, 2021. Free! More info here
Hewlett-Packard’s Boise Women’s Impact Network (WIN) Elevate & Lead conference, theme of Resilience & Reinvention, private event for 180 HP employees via Zoom, August 5, 2021
YMCA Treasure Valley Summer Kids Camp, guest speaker for Health Week, art project and presentation on Health At Every Size, Intuitive Eating and body positivity for ages 4-14, Ustick Y, Boise, ID, July 8, 2021
Keynote speaker, Positive Body Image Week, Idaho State University, March 9, 2021, 1-2:30pm MST, free for everyone via Zoom! Register here: https://isu.edu/grc/positive-body-image-symposium/
Keynote speaker, Menopause Chicks annual holiday party, based in Canada but via Zoom for women around the world, pay what you can, Tuesday December 15, 2020, 6pm MST
Poets Listening Party - Creation in the Time of Change CCC Fund Preview Showcase, hear me and three other Idaho poets read from our work created in 2020 in response to our current world via Zoom, Free!, Saturday October 17, 2020, 7pm MST
Moderating a panel talking about BOOBS for the launch of the new body image book for teens called BODY TALK: 37 Voices Explore our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen via a virtual event with Charis Books in Georgia, featuring Julie Murphy, Jerlyn Thomas, Kelly Jensen, Ady Del-Valle, Kati Gardner, and Nic Stone, FREE! Tuesday July 18, 2020, 6pm MST
Bloom: A Summer Reading Series live poetry reading event with Storyfort at Idaho Botanical Gardens, tickets $10 each, Boise, Idaho, August 11, 2020
Talking About a World Beyond Fatphobia and Anti-Blackness with Dr. Charlene Taylor for the Fat Studies 2020 conference via Facebook Live, Monday, June 29, 2020, 7pm MST
Juror & Artist, Knickers in a Bunch feminist art exhibition, Portland, Oregon, Spring 2020
Death, Loss & Grieving for Little Ones: A Family Storytime & Art Project, February 7, 2020, Boise Public Library Collister Branch, Boise, ID
Be RAD! Be YOU! A Body Image Workshop for Girls, January 11, 2020, Boise Public Library, Boise, ID
Death Cafe Boise, facilitating, December 9, 2019, Healthwise, Boise, ID
Vista neighborhood photo & documentary project exhibition opening, Gem Center for the Arts, November 11, 2019, Boise, ID
4th Annual Haunted Backyard Zombie Toyland, Halloween night 2019, Boise, ID
Death Cafe Boise, facilitating, October 17, 2019, Boise Unitarian Fellowship, Boise, ID
Stones & Bones grief, art and celebration community event by The Wondersmith; I’ll be facilitating the discussion on death and dying, Oct 3 & 13, 2019, Boise, ID
Keynote address, Pacific Northwest Medical Librarians Association Annual Conference, October 27-29, 2019, Boise Centre on the Grove, ID
RADCAMP: A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminists, August 2-4, 2019, private event for the Boise Rad Fat Collective, Lake Cascade, ID
Death Cafe Boise, facilitating, June 12, 2019, Dry Creek Cemetery, ID
RADCAMP: A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminist Teens, Sat June 8, 2019, free to ten girls aged 13-15, Boise, ID
Diversity Panel for Treasure Valley Community College Equity Week, April 30, 2019, free and open to the public, Caldwell, ID
Knickers in a Bunch feminist art exhibition, curated by April Hoff, available online and my Reviving Hilda images won first place! 2019
BODIES: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of St. Thomas, Thursday April 25, 2019, keynote address, free and open to the public, St. Paul, MN
Boise Women Who Get Shit Done, Trailhead Boise, March 27, 2019
2nd Annual Women’s Leadership Conference for International Women’s Day, Lewis & Clark State College, Friday March 8, 2019, plenary address, Lewiston, ID, SOLD OUT
Death Cafe Boise, facilitating, February 26, 2019, Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel
Guest leader/mentor, Skate N.O.W. (Navigate Our World), talking about whole health & wellness (including positive body image and self-esteem) as part of an ice skating program for teens in need, Saturday January 26, 2019, Caldwell, ID, Free (registration required)
Positively Good Sex: Sex Positivity for Any Kind of Woman, Linen Building, Sat Jan 5, 2019, 9am-12pm, tickets at link
I’m the guest speaker and leading a feminist craftivism project for the Southwest Idaho Chapter of the National Organization of Women for their Love Your Body Day on Sunday October 14, 2018 from 2-4pm at the Cole-Ustick Library in Boise. Free and open to the public (not recommended for children under age 13)
I've been invited to speak on self-love and positive body image as part of women's whole health at the annual Saint Alphonsus Hospital Foundation fundraiser Wine, Women & Wellness on stage with Carolyn Holly, September 13, 2018
Art & exhibition foreword in Print Boise III, a printmaking historic preservation exhibition at JUMP Boise, August 2-22, 2018, free and open to the public
RADCAMP: A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminists, McCall, Idaho, private event for women in the Boise Rad Fat Collective, August 2018
Body Positivity & Size Acceptance: Advocating for Vulnerable Patients, private presentation for St. Luke's Hospital, co-presented with Marya Bruning, Registered Dietician, June 2018
Idaho premiere of Fattitude: The Movie! Hosted by the Boise Rad Fat Collective. I will be giving a short talk/intro before the film and hosting a Q&A following, The Flicks, Wednesday May 30, 2018, 7pm
Visiting activist, public lecture Taking Up Space: Fat Feminism, Body Liberation & Radical Change, 4pm, Valley Library Room 3622, Oregon State University, Monday May 7, 2018, free and open to the public
I Feel Pretty! Body Positive Movie Night Out with Curvy Girl Kate's, Friday April 27, 2018, Majestic Theater, Meridian, starting with drinks nearby at 6pm
RADCAMP: A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminist Teens, April 21-22, 2018, Boise, ID - SOLD OUT!
Body Image & Self Care workshop for the Boise Public Library Adulting 101 series, free, Sunday February 25, 2018, 2:30-4pm, Hayes Auditorium, Main Branch Library
2017 Wintry Market, an annual handmade for the holidays art + craft bazaar that I run each year, featuring 85+ Idaho makers, free and family-friends! Saturday November 18 10am-5pm and Sunday November 19 10am-5pm (VIP Opening Night Party November 17 SOLD OUT), JUMP Boise on 9th & Myrtle Streets
Hawthorne Elementary School Idaho Native Plants Learning Landscape & Teaching Garden Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting, Hawthorne Elementary School, 2401 W. Targee Street, October 17, 2017, 4-5pm
I've been invited to be the guest speaker at Curvy Girl Kate's One Year Anniversary celebration! The event is free and open to the public and I'll be giving a 20 minute talk starting at 1:30pm on Saturday September 9, 2017 at the shop about positive body image and self-esteem. Following at 2pm I'll be joined by several other plus-sized babes (including many from my Boise Rad Fat Collective) in a fashion show featuring outfits from this amazing second-hand consignment shop sizes L-5X!
Boise Rad Fat Collective Birthday Party & Chunky Dunk Photo Shoot, August 26, 2017, open to members of the BRFC only in celebration of the 4th birthday of the group and the 2nd anniversary of my stand for self-love in the Capital City Public Market. Body positive pool party, weenie roast and photo shoot by Rachael Chappell Photography.
I'm hosting the 1st Annual RADCAMP : A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminists in the mountain town of McCall, Idaho open to female members of the Boise Rad Fat Collective July 21-23, 2017. Cost is $159 for an all-inclusive radical weekend of self-love. FULL!
I'm putting on the 1st Annual RADCAMP : A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminist Teens, Boise, Idaho, June 3-4, 2017. Just $89 for girls ages 13-15. FULL!
Keynote speaker at Idaho State University's 2017 Positive Body Image Week, Pocatello, Idaho, Monday March 13, 2017, 3:30pm at the Rendezvous Complex Suites
LulaRoe Fundraiser for first annual RADCAMP : A Body Positive Boot Camp for Feminist Teens, with the Boise Rad Fat Collective and LulaRoe consultant Tami Olsen, Friday February 17, 2017, 6-9pm.
I'm a guest speaker talking about positive body image at the Mighty Girls Book Club (for girls ages 11-14) with the Meridian Library District on Saturday, February 11 from 10:30-11:30am at the Silverstone branch library as they discuss "The War That Saved My Life" by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley with Amy Pence-Brown - Writer, Artist, Body Image Activist.
Register here: http://www.mld.org/events/mighty-girls-book-club-1
I'm honored to have been asked to model this year for the annual Festival of Trees Fashion Show to benefit the NICU at St. Alphonsus Hospital, Monday November 28, 2016, Boise Centre on the Grove (SOLD OUT)
Wintry Market, an annual handmade for the holidays art + craft bazaar that I run each year, featuring 66 Idaho makers, free and family-friends! Saturday November 19 10am-5pm and Sunday November 20 10am-3pm (VIP Opening Night Party November 18 SOLD OUT)
Dinner & A Book, featured storyteller reading children's books about death to families for Boise Public Library's Death Week. With pizza! Collister Library, November 16, 2016, 5:30pm (SOLD OUT)
A Haunted Historic Walking Tour of Cloverdale Cemetery for Preservation Idaho, October 30, 2016, 1:30pm (SOLD OUT)
Presenting at the Fat Activism Conference : Tools For the Revolution, a virtual event from your own home/office, September 23-25, 2016
Presenting at the Fat Studies: Identity, Agency and Embodiment Conference at Massey University, New Zealand, June 29-30, 2016
I'll be the Master of Ceremonies at the 39th Annual Orchids & Onions Awards Luncheon for Preservation Idaho, Saturday May 21, 2016, Old Ada County Courthouse, Boise
TEDxBoise, this year's theme is REFRAMING RADICAL and I'm honored to be a speaker, Egyptian Theater, Boise, Idaho, April 2, 2016
Body Image Awareness Week, keynote speaker to celebrate week-long campus-wide event promoting body positivity and eating disorder awareness, University of Wyoming, 7pm, February 29, 2016
Body Image Awareness Week, keynote speaker to celebrate week-long campus-wide event promoting body positivity and eating disorder awareness, University of Idaho, keynote at Pitman Conference Center at 7pm, Moscow, Idaho, February 17, 2016 (free and open to the public)
THAT Camp 2016, keynote speaker for a one-day community and campus conference focused on humanities, technology and civil rights, Boise State University, Jordan Ballroom, keynote at 12:00pm, Boise, Idaho, February 13, 2016 (free and open to the public)