# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Community Connections: From Dubuque to Selma & Beyond
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 11 Dec, 2025 at 01:30 pm – Thu, 11 Dec, 2025 at 02:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Follow author Dave Markward on his transformative journey from an upbringing in an almost exclusively white community to a life enriched by diversity, a path he describes in his book From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond: My Journey to Understand Racism in America. Intertwining Dave's personal growth with significant historical events and figures, this remarkable memoir delves into the heart of America's racial divides.

Dave Markward has dedicated his professional life to public education, serving as a trusted source of knowledge for five decades. After graduating from Augustana College, Dave earned two advanced degrees from Western Illinois University and a doctorate from Illinois State University. He started his career as a junior high school science teacher, then served as a coach, principal, school district superintendent, college instructor, and educational consultant.

Two identical presentations are available on December 11, at 1:30 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m.

Community Connections events are funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 563-344-4175 in advance.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bettendorf/community-connections-from-dubuque-to-selma-and-beyond/200029266993618
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bettendorf
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2950 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, United States, Iowa 52722
- **lat**: 41.55269
- **long**: -90.50103
- **full address**: 2950 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, United States, Iowa 52722

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Bettendorf Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/bettendorf-public-library/25950581)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 11 Dec, 2025 at 01:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2950 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, United States, Iowa 52722
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bettendorf Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Community Connections: From Dubuque to Selma & Beyond ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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