Events & Speaking Engagements - 2010

About A'Lelia Bundles

Click here to read A'Lelia's Bio

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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and A'Lelia discuss Madam Walker (2010)

DC Commission for Women Business Panel (January 2010)

The Israeli Presidential Conference (October 2009)

HGTV Documentary about Madam Walker (1998)
  
      A'Lelia Bundles--author, Emmy Award winning producer and former ABC News executive -- is Madam Walker's great-great-granddaughter and biographer. Her bestselling book, On Her Own Ground:  The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker , was a 2001 New York Times Notable Book. An engaging speaker, Ms. Bundles has appeared at dozens of conferences and institutions including Harvard University, the Library of Congress, London's City Hall, the Israeli Presidential Conference, the National Archives, the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Center on Philanthropy. She has appeared on NBC's Today, CBS's Sunday Morning, ABC's Good Morning America and NPR's All Things Considered. She currently is at work on a biography of her great-grandmother and namesake, A'Lelia Walker, a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Columbia Alumni Association Leaders Assembly

Saturday, October 16, 2010    10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Insider's View of Columbia University Location: Faculty House Columbia University New York City

1920s Rent Party

Saturday, October 30, 2010    7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Housing Initiatives of Princeton's Annual Benefit Event Location: Present Day Club Princeton, New Jersey

Purdue University Black Culture Center

Monday, November 08, 2010    6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Reception and conversation with students Location: Black Cultural Center 1100 Third Street West Lafayette, Indiana 765-496-1915 http://www.purdue.edu/bcc/

Purdue University "Relationship to Partnership"

Tuesday, November 09, 2010    12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Keynote speech at Office of Supplier Diversity Development's "Relationship to Partnership" Location: Purdue University Registration: http://www.purdue.edu/supplierdiversity/

Winner's Summit Conference and Expo

Saturday, March 19, 2011    11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

The Professional Black Woman's annual conference Location: Baltimore Harbor Hyatt Regency 300 Light Street Baltimore

2009 and 2010 Speeches

Monday, December 31, 2012    12:59:59-12:59:59

2009 Speeches May 27: N Street Village Luncheon  Click here for photos October: Israeli Presidential Conference   Click here for video of panel with A'Lelia, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Gaudi Taub and others 2010 Speeches January 27: Walker's Legacy (DC Commission for Women)      Click here for video of the panel with A'Lelia, Natalie Cofield and Clara Villarosa February 4: Department of Labor (A Conversation with Secretary Hilda L. Solis)   Click here for Secy Solis's chat with A'Lelia     Click here for photos of A'Lelia and Secretary Solis February 5: Fort Valley State University (Davison Lecture Series) February 20: A'Lelia MC'd the 84th annual ASALH Luncheon in Washington, DC     Click here for photos of luncheon February 23: Videoconference with Latvian women entrepreneurs at the U. S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia     Click here for photos of the event February 25: Ft. Meade, Maryland Black History Month Luncheon    Click here for video of A'Lelia's presentation March 1: IUPUI Women's History Month Lecture     Click here for IUPUI TV interview with A'Lelia (start at 1:35) March 3: Northern Virginia Community College/Alexandria, VA     Click here for NOVA Fortnightly article March 17: Health and Human Services/HRSA/Rockville, MD March 18: Bennett College for Women/Greensboro, NC March 19: National League of American Pen Women/Washington, DC March 22: University of Maryland/College Park, MD March 23: Montgomery Public Library March 24: National Women's History Project 30th Anniversary/NEA/Washington, DC March 30: University of North Texas/Denton, TX April 19: Eatonville Restaurant's Food & Folklore Series/Washington, DC              A'Lelia discussed A'Lelia Walker's 1920s Dark Tower with members of Maurice Hines's              "Sophisticated Ladies" cast              Eatonville Restaurant              NBC4 Events Calendar April 26: Flint Public Library's "Daughters of Destiny"--A'Lelia, Michelle Duster and Nettie Washington Douglass discussed their famous ancesters: The Flint Journal April 27, 2010 May 3: Deborah Hardnett's Wealthy Sistas Blog Radio interview with A'Lelia May Location: