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2007

November 3 , Kenilworth, NJ
Kenilworth Public Library

July 28, Toronto, CA
Rogers Masala! Mehndi! Masti!

June 22, New York, NY
South Asian Women's Creative Collective

June 22, Rye, NY
Shades of Gray: Writing About Race, A Workshop, School of the Holy Child

May 24, New York, NY
Girls Write Now Mentor Reading (A portion of profits from sales of Mama's Saris will be donated to Girls Write Now.)

May 13, Los Angeles, CA
Cerritos Public Library

May 12, Los Angeles, CA
Asian Pacific American Book Festival

May 5, Stamford, CT
The Toni Trent Parker Multicultural Children's Book Festival, University of Connecticut

April 25, Long Branch, NJ
New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference

April 9, Edison, NJ
Keynote Speaker, Middlesex County College Liberal Arts Festival

March 17, New York, NY
6th Annual Curriculum, Community, Collaboration & Celebration Conference

2006

November 16-18, Princeton, NJ
Sharpening the Subtle Knife: Cutting New Paths Through Children's Literature, Princeton University

November 17, Toms River, NJ
More than Monkeys, Maharajahs and Mangoes: An Overview of South Asian Literature for Kids (Plenary for Educators or Librarians), Ocean County Library

November 4, Washington, D.C.
Multicultural Children's Book Festival, Kennedy Center

September 30, New York, NY
Girls Write Now Inc. Mentor Training

August 4, Danbury, CT
I Have a Dream: Writing For Social Change (A Workshop), Western Connecticut State University

July 13-16, New York, NY
SAJA Convention

June 22-25, Los Angeles, CA
ArtWallah

May 19-21, New York, NY
Mixed Messages, SAWCC's Annual Literary and Arts Festival

April 27, Scarsdale, NY
Interracial Women Leadership Roundtable, Junior League of Central Westchester

April 8, New York, NY
5th Annual Curriculum, Community, Collaboration & Celebration Conference

January 26-29, Essex, VT
Kindling Words

2005

November 11-13, Chicago, IL
Kriti

October 22, Queens, NY
I Have a Dream: Writing For Social Change, A Workshop, Desi Girls on 'da Rise, South Asian Youth Action

October 15, New Brunswick, NJ
One-on-One Plus Conference, The Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature

October 8, Queens, NY
Shades of Gray: Writing About Race, A Workshop, Desi Girls on 'da Rise, South Asian Youth Action

October 6, New York, NY
Under Her Skin Booktalk, Marymount Manhattan College

September 23-24, Tarrytown, NY
New York Field Trip 2005, Writing Folklore, A Conference of the New York Folklore Society

June 16-19, New York, NY
SAJA Convention

May 21-22, New York, NY
Chiasmata, SAWCC's Annual Literary and Arts Festival

May 14, New York, NY
SAYA Safe Space

April 18, New York, NY
The Harbor School

March 30, New York, NY
Spring Cocktail Fundraiser, Girls Write Now!

March 12, New York, NY
SAJA Author's Night

March 22, New York City, NY
Bluestockings Bookstore

March 10, Cambridge, MA
Center for New Words

March 4-5, Bronxville, NY
Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives: Making Sense of Experience, Sarah Lawrence College

February 24, Berkeley, CA
Black Oak Books

February 23, San Mateo, CA
Indus Women Leaders - Bay Area Chapter

February 22, San Francisco, CA
Modern Times Bookstore

February 11, Washington, DC
Politics & Prose

January 21, New York, NY
South Asian Women's Creative Collective

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