Join us as UMSON hosts "A Celebration of Liberation and Resilience", a Juneteenth event featuring storyteller Renee Emanuel.

                                                        About Renee Emanuel 

Renee S. Emanuel is a gifted storyteller whose folktales, tall tales and conscience-stirring narratives have captivated audiences for over a decade. Renee's warm, personable style engages her audience and sets the stage for a mutually enjoyable exchange between teller and listener.

A native Baltimorean, Renee has performed locally and in other states at venues including libraries, conferences, workshops, and on public television. She is a member of the Antietam Storytellers Guild of Hagerstown, The Griots' Circle of Maryland, Inc., and has been featured at Stories in the Round (Hagerstown, MD) and at Tellabration!, an autumn storytelling event celebrated worldwide. Renee has co-authored a children's book and is known by some for her rapt portrayal of Harriet Tubman in a one-woman stage production she wrote.

Renee's passion for the spoken word inspired her career choice to become a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist. Whether this is your first or tenth time hearing Renee tell, you are in for a treat!

Renee Emanuel - The Mouse Trap
https://youtu.be/iHhFuI-cxzg

Learn more about Juneteenth
https://nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth