SPOTLIGHT on AUTHOR Janice Greene

We are honoring and bringing you a TASTE of the African American Author's Expo founded by Patricia Johnson www.aaaexpo.ning.com

Our Guest on June 29th will be none other than storyteller, griot and author Janice Greene!

Janice Curtis Greene is an accomplished storyteller, a griot. She has been telling African, African American & Multicultural stories for over 20 years. She is currently the President of the Griots' Circle of Maryland, Inc., a Life Member of the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) and is the resident Griot for the National Association of Black Media Workers in Baltimore.
Janice Curtis Greene has delighted adult and student audiences throughout the United States including Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Camden, Los Angeles, Houston, Charleston, Cleveland and New Orleans and as far away as Zambia, South Africa and Egypt. She is also known for her portrayals of historical African American females such as Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks and Mother Mary Lange.

Janice the Griot has been honored for her community service by then Mayor of Baltimore, Kurt L. Schmoke and for her volunteer activities with children by the Continentals Societies, Inc. Janice is also a spiritual revivalist. Her original story “Conversations with my Mother”, a story of healing, has touched many hearts. Janice’s chant, “Storytellers in the House” the Anthem of Black Storytellers is published in “Sayin’ Somethin’: Stories from the National Association of Black Storyteller”. Several of her articles written for the Catholic Review Newspaper are featured in the book, “What We Have Seen and Heard: Essays and Stories from Black Catholics of Baltimore”. “Thema and the Wonderful Black Gourd” is Mrs. Greene’s first book.