Bobbie O’Connor’s 50 years as an advocate for social justice have fostered a deep commitment to create change through writing. She has written and performed Screams Echo as well as pieces for the Florida Times Union about violence against women and her own white privilege. She performed Gender in a Binary World at the Coming Out Monologues to increase understanding and diminish transphobia. She is focusing on women reclaiming their voice and self-authority after sexual abuse.

Bobbie will read at 4:30 PM on Saturday, October 29 in the .Lecture Hall.
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On Friday evening, October 28, Bobbie’s play, Screams Echo, will be performed as a dramatic reading in the Lecture Hall at 6:00 PM, followed by a round-table discussion led by 904WARD. Bobbie will narrate the play, which includes original music composed and performed by Tahirah Whittington and acting by Victoria Canaday-Anderson.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100, Jessie Ball duPont Center, Moving the Margins, 904WARD, Happy Tapir Press, Bab’s Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, JaxPsychoGeo, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.