Women's History Month Lunch and Learn with Dr. Kossie

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES OF HOUSTON’S ORDINARY BLACK WOMEN
At noon, on March 20, celebrate Women’s History Month with speaker Dr. Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Professor of History qt TSU and Founding Director, SWATH.

Speaker’s Bio: Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Ph.D., is a fifth-generation Texan, native Houstonian, and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the field of history from a Texas institution (Rice University). She serves as a tenured full professor of history at Texas Southern University, where her publications, courses, and community projects focus on African American religion, African American women’s intellectual history, and topics in the African Diaspora. She continues to draw inspiration from the commitment to community service demonstrated by spiritual leaders in the Greater Fifth Ward region, especially her late parents, Bishop Roy Lee Kossie, Jr., and Co-Pastor Barbara Lessie Kossie, co-founders of Latter Day Deliverance Revival Church, established in 1966 in the historic Lyons Theater building, 4036 Lyons Avenue. Free for members and $10 for non-members.