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If not for Lawrence Hill’s volunteer work with Crossroads International, The Book of Negroes might never have materialized. The same goes for his most recent novel, The Illegal.
“It’s been life-changing for me,” the award-winning writer said of his Crossroads experience during an intimate evening he hosted Thursday in support of the Canadian grassroots development organization. Crossroads works to reduce poverty and increase women’s rights in some of the poorest countries.
Award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill was at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, to speak at a Crossroads International event to advance women’s right in Africa.
The $100-a-ticket event, sponsored by EY and held at the Canadian Museum of History, saw proceeds go to Crossroads’ Aminata Fund established by Hill and his wife Miranda to advance the leadership and economic empowerment of women and girls in Africa.
The crowd of 125 heard how Hill began his volunteer work in West Africa in 1979, while studying economics at university. He’s gone back three more times as a volunteer with Crossroads and serves as its honorary patron.
From left, Lissa Heringer, Liz Heaney, Sandra Goldberg, Janet Bradley and Sandra Ashe at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
“I’ve had such a long and beautiful connection with Crossroads,” he told the room. “Sometimes when I speak to high school and university students about their lives I try to drill home the point that, although it’s natural and normal to worry about your marks or getting a job …I do try and encourage them to think about a life of volunteerism, as well,” said Hill. “I believe you’d be hard-pressed to find an ordinary Canadian who’s gone off to do volunteer work … and has come back disappointed.
“Most people that I’ve met … have felt immensely enriched.”
From left, Peter Riehm with his sister, Crossroads International volunteer Janet Riehm, and her husband, Salim Silim, at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
In speaking about his Crossroads mentoring role in Africa, Hill shared a shocking story relayed to him by girls in Swaziland of being sexually assaulted on their way to school, and then disciplined at school for arriving late.
The author also read a snippet from The Illegal and spoke briefly about his next novel, based on the African-American soldiers who came up from the Deep South to build the Alaska Highway in Northern Canada during the Second World War.
Hill, an Order of Canada recipient and winner of The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, was affable, humble and approachable.
Lawrence Hill signs a copy of his book Any Known Blood for Athena Quitevis at a fundraising evening featuring the award-winning Canadian author in support of Crossroads International, held Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Canadian Museum of History.
At the start of his talk, he recalled the first time he spoke publicly as an author. It was 1992 in Halifax. Four people showed up, including the event organizer, the book seller and him. “There was one fan in the audience who bought a book, and that doubled my annual sales,” he joked.
Crossroads International executive director Carine Guidicelli at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
From left, award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill with Gary Zed from presenting sponsor EY, at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at a Crossroads International benefit to advance women’s right in Africa.
From left, Tanya Trevors and Deborah Gomes-Schultz, arriving with their copies of The Illegal, to An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
From left, Jean Michel Laurin, vice president and director of the Ottawa office of Octane Strategies with iPolitics founder and publisher James Baxter at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
Award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill was at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, to speak at a Crossroads International event to advance women’s right in Africa.
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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“It’s been life-changing for me,” the award-winning writer said of his Crossroads experience during an intimate evening he hosted Thursday in support of the Canadian grassroots development organization. Crossroads works to reduce poverty and increase women’s rights in some of the poorest countries.
Award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill was at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, to speak at a Crossroads International event to advance women’s right in Africa.
The $100-a-ticket event, sponsored by EY and held at the Canadian Museum of History, saw proceeds go to Crossroads’ Aminata Fund established by Hill and his wife Miranda to advance the leadership and economic empowerment of women and girls in Africa.
The crowd of 125 heard how Hill began his volunteer work in West Africa in 1979, while studying economics at university. He’s gone back three more times as a volunteer with Crossroads and serves as its honorary patron.
From left, Lissa Heringer, Liz Heaney, Sandra Goldberg, Janet Bradley and Sandra Ashe at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
“I’ve had such a long and beautiful connection with Crossroads,” he told the room. “Sometimes when I speak to high school and university students about their lives I try to drill home the point that, although it’s natural and normal to worry about your marks or getting a job …I do try and encourage them to think about a life of volunteerism, as well,” said Hill. “I believe you’d be hard-pressed to find an ordinary Canadian who’s gone off to do volunteer work … and has come back disappointed.
“Most people that I’ve met … have felt immensely enriched.”
From left, Peter Riehm with his sister, Crossroads International volunteer Janet Riehm, and her husband, Salim Silim, at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
In speaking about his Crossroads mentoring role in Africa, Hill shared a shocking story relayed to him by girls in Swaziland of being sexually assaulted on their way to school, and then disciplined at school for arriving late.
The author also read a snippet from The Illegal and spoke briefly about his next novel, based on the African-American soldiers who came up from the Deep South to build the Alaska Highway in Northern Canada during the Second World War.
Hill, an Order of Canada recipient and winner of The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, was affable, humble and approachable.
Lawrence Hill signs a copy of his book Any Known Blood for Athena Quitevis at a fundraising evening featuring the award-winning Canadian author in support of Crossroads International, held Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Canadian Museum of History.
At the start of his talk, he recalled the first time he spoke publicly as an author. It was 1992 in Halifax. Four people showed up, including the event organizer, the book seller and him. “There was one fan in the audience who bought a book, and that doubled my annual sales,” he joked.
Crossroads International executive director Carine Guidicelli at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
From left, award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill with Gary Zed from presenting sponsor EY, at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at a Crossroads International benefit to advance women’s right in Africa.
From left, Tanya Trevors and Deborah Gomes-Schultz, arriving with their copies of The Illegal, to An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
From left, Jean Michel Laurin, vice president and director of the Ottawa office of Octane Strategies with iPolitics founder and publisher James Baxter at An Intimate Evening with Lawrence Hill, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in support of Crossroads International.
Award-winning Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill was at the Canadian Museum of History on Thursday, December 1, 2016, to speak at a Crossroads International event to advance women’s right in Africa.
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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