An Evening With Liz Walker

Join us for an evening of celebrating former WBZ-TV news anchor Rev. Liz Walker and her new book "No One Left Alone: A Story Of How Community Helps Us Heal." Come learn about how one family’s tragedy became the spark for a grassroots trauma-healing movement, now spreading across the country.

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Free - Admission Only

About No One Left Alone:

As the first Black woman to anchor the Boston-area evening news, Liz Walker found herself in an industry that defined the neighborhood of Roxbury largely by violence. But when she became a pastor there, Walker grew close to households marked not only by trauma but by courage--including the family of Cory Johnson, a young father who was murdered. In the wake of their worst nightmare, the family reached out for help. As Walker's congregation invited neighbors to gather, they created soft spaces for others' grief to land. There, in the ongoing stories told, the meals shared, the tears shed, and the silences kept, people found a space to receive their sorrow. Out of this ministry grew a grassroots trauma-healing program, one now being replicated across the country through the Can We Talk Network.

About Liz Walker:

During her tenure at WBZ-TV, Liz Walker received two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in her field. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Walker served as pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church, where she founded the Cory Johnson Program for Post-Traumatic Healing. She also helped found the Jane Doe Safety Fund, has done humanitarian work in South Sudan, and has served on the boards of Boston Medical Center and Andover Newton Theological Seminary.

The mother of three and grandmother of two, Walker now lives in Sarasota, Florida.

About Hummingbird Books:

An independent, local female-owned and operated store, Hummingbird Books is a community destination for an extensive collection of adult and children’s books and showcases a mix of local and widely beloved authors. In addition to its book selection, Hummingbird Books offers a variety of games, gift items, candy, and stationery, as well as in-store programming including story times, and book signings.

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