Laura Cathcart Robbins: Confessions from The Only One In The Room

In 2018 I went to a three-day, six hundred-person writer’s retreat and quickly realized that I was the only Black person there. During those three days I had a very dual experience, one as a writer and another as a Black woman. This talk is about how we can all participate in the process of intentional inclusion and hopefully prevent others from feeling like the only one in the room.