On Sunday, May 5 we welcome to the Rector’s Forum Dr. Ayana Jamieson — founder of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network dedicated to preserving and promoting research and scholarship on one of the preeminent science fiction and fantasy writers of the 20th century.

A native of Pasadena, Butler told the New York Times in a 2000 interview: “When I began writing science fiction, when I began reading, heck, I wasn’t in any of this stuff I read. The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn’t manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself in, since I’m me and I’m here and I’m writing.”

“Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories” was featured as a 2017 exhibition at the Huntington Library … more information on the exhibition here. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired by the legacy of Pasadena’ s own Octavia E. Butler Sunday, May 5 at 10:15 a.m. in the Forum. If you can’t join us in person, join us via live-stream.

For more information call 626.796.1172 or email info@allsaints-pas.org