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DR. SHEENA MASON (Photo provided)
DR. HOWARD ASHFORD (Photo provided)

Oneonta Literary Festival Opens with Sheena Mason Book Launch

ONEONTA—Dr. Sheena Mason will open the year-long Oneonta Literary Festival on Wednesday, October 9 with a reading and discussion with Dr. Howard Ashford of Mason’s new book, “The Raceless Antiracist: Why Ending Race Is the Future of Antiracism.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Craven Lounge of SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center. The public is cordially invited, and admission is free to this and all other Oneonta Literary Festival events. The book will be available for purchase and signing.

Drs. Mason and Ashford will discuss Dr. Mason's new bookand how it will join the national conversation on race, racism, and antiracism. During their fireside chat, Dr. Mason will present the Togetherness Wayfinder, a toolkit that enables and empowers people to unify, heal, and reconcile across differences more effectively than traditional methods. She will also read selections from the book and invite audience participation with a question-and-answer session.

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