March 23: Virtual Alumni Gathering at FFW Featuring Jevon Bolden and Ellie RoscherFebruary 27, 2022 By Event Details Date: Wednesday, Mar 23rd, 2022, 10:00 am Categories: Alumni Gathering, Collegeville Connections Tags: alumni, Festival of Faith and Writing Are you attending the virtual Festival of Faith and Writing (FFW) on March 21-24? Join a meet-up just for Collegeville Institute alumni! We will have refreshments via GrubHub for the first 30 registrants, some fun swag and book giveaways, and a chance to discuss the business of Christian publishing with fellow CI alumni Jevon Bolden and Ellie Roscher. Registration is required for the Zoom meeting link. Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10 – 11 AM, CT Did you miss this event? Watch the recording below: Jevon Bolden is a best-selling editor, writer, literary agent, and CEO of Embolden Media Group. In her seventeen years in publishing, Jevon has worked as senior acquisitions editor for adult nonfiction at Charisma House and as senior editor for children’s nonfiction at Scholastic. Now a free agent, having launched her own firm in late 2017, Jevon shares the best of what she knows with passionate and creative people who desire to publish exceptional books. Learn more at jevonbolden.com. Ellie Roscher is a writer, theology teacher, and host of the Unlikely Conversations podcast. She is a board member at the Collegeville Institute and the author of 12 Tiny Things, Play Like a Girl, and How Coffee Saved My Life. Ellie holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in Theology from Luther Seminary. She lives in Minneapolis with her spouse and sons. Learn more at ellieroscher.com. Moderator Stina Kielsmeier-Cook, Director of Communications at the Collegeville Institute and author of Blessed Are The Nones: Mixed Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community, will host the gathering and moderate the discussion.