Elizabeth Acevedo, distinguished bestselling author of "Clap When You Land,” will deliver the keynote at the 4th Annual Bauder Lecture at Howard Community College. Following her keynote, Acevedo will be joined by celeste doaks, editor, journalist, and author of “Cornrows and Cornfields,” for an in-depth conversation.

In "Clap When You Land," Camino Rios lives in the Dominican Republic and yearns to go to Columbia University in New York City, where her father works most of the year. Yahaira Rios, who lives in New York City, hasn’t spoken to her dad since the previous summer, when she found out he has another wife in the Dominican Republic. Their lives collide when this man, their dad, dies in an airplane crash with hundreds of other passengers heading to the island.

The lecture will include sign-language interpretation. Please visit the HCC's Bauder Lecture Series site for additional information.

The Bauder Lecture by Howard Community College is made possible by a generous grant from Dr. Lillian Bauder, a community leader and Columbia resident.