{"id":12875,"date":"2024-02-21T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=12875"},"modified":"2024-02-27T08:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:10:56","slug":"driving-the-green-book-author-featured-during-uwsp-black-history-month-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2024\/02\/21\/driving-the-green-book-author-featured-during-uwsp-black-history-month-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving the Green Book author featured during UWSP Black History Month event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>International broadcaster, author and financial educator Alvin Hall recounted inspiring and heartbreaking tales of America\u2019s racial history during a Black History Month event on Feb. 21. Hall spoke to nearly 300 campus and community members about his journey to write his latest work, \u201cDriving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance,\u201d in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room and 50 more online. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uwspsentryschool\/posts\/pfbid0kbdikXzkcvRKJ6swHjr7r8pYXP5p7hBnpJYVWwxxW4cJsH6UkBzdkbtX3KAZpsk7l\">View Photos<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/live.tgtc.us\/view?event=driving-the-green-book-alvin-hall\">Watch Video<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Driving the Green Book \u2013 Alvin Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xsRsY7mblK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Hall\" class=\"wp-image-12878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each in-person attendee received a free copy of his book and enjoyed a meet-and-greet and book signing following the presentation. Earlier in the day, Hall spoke with history education students and Prof. Lee Willis about his journey that led to \u201cDriving the Green Book\u201d and the lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Hall\" class=\"wp-image-12877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation was sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/sentryschool\">UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/diversity-and-college-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UWSP Diversity &amp; College Access<\/a> and is part of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thompsoncenter.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy G. Thompson Statewide Speaker Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Hall\" class=\"wp-image-12876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/alvinhall1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Overcoming a difficult start in life, Hall has now circled the globe as a television and radio broadcaster on the BBC, a bestselling and award-winning author of more than twenty titles and a financial educator, from teaching classes for financial institutions to writing children\u2019s books about money. He is also a member of the NYSE Euronext Financial Literacy Advisory Committee to help develop programs on personal finances for the general public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International broadcaster, author and financial educator Alvin Hall recounted inspiring and heartbreaking tales of America\u2019s racial history during a Black History Month event on Feb. 21. 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