upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Barbara will write an interactive "thriller" novel that she hopes will expose the failures of big city public school systems, institutional racism in urban areas, and the relationship between these factors. The project will engage the citizens of Philadelphia and South East Delaware County via online feedback and talk radio programming. The novel details the story of two law enforcement officers who love the same woman journalist. Through conflict and danger, they uncover an international conspiracy to destroy black children.