Talks & Interviews
2024
INTERVIEWS
- Kathy’s “It Starts with One” short story performed by Sacramento “Stories on Stage” in May 2024.
PRESENTATIONS
- Interviewed by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s Office as their monthly Art Exhibitor.
- Served as Keynote Speaker for a “Show the World Who We Are” talk to the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Maryland and Washington D.C.
- Presented LIVE “Research for Writers” workshop to the California Writers Club of Sacramento.
- Presented “Researcxh for Writers” talk with writing prompts to the Black Women Write organization.
- Presented “Using DNA to Verify Lineage” at the 18th Annual Afro-American Family History Seminar.
2023
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS
- Interviewed by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s Office as their monthly Art Exhibitor.
- Interviewed on CBS13 News for Juneteenth to encourage African Americans to research their family lineage.
- Interviewed for a documentary about the This Bridge Called Woman – A Cross-Cultural Anthology: Uganda & U.S.A.
- Interviewed on KAHI.com radio with veteran reporter Mary Jane Popp.
PRESENTATIONS
- Participated with four other California Writers Club authors in a book reading/signing at Avid Reader Bookstore.
- Tried and True Research Strategies, Atlanta Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.
- Case Study: Margaret Booker from Enslaved to Free During the Civil War, for the Sons & Daughters of the US Middle Passage 7th Annual Genealogy Conference.
- Uncomfortable Conversations! How to Discuss Potentially Challenging Discoveries in Your Family Tree, Afro-American Family History Seminar for the Greater Sacramento Afro-American Genealogy Society.
- Quick Start Your Book, 2023 Afro-American Family History Seminar.
- This Bridge Called Woman book signing, Women’s Wisdom Art.
- Research for Writers, Gold Country Writers.
2022
INTERVIEWS
Beverly Heritage Center African American Exhibit, 12BOY-TV, West Virginia.
African American Family History Seminar, Good Day Sacramento, CW31.
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Sac Open Studios holds self-guided tour, ABC10, Sacramento.
Lots of Roots with Kathy Marshall, Speak on It podcast.
PRESENTATIONS
A Genealogy Trip with a Black and White Twist, African American Family History Seminar.
The Joy of Leaving a Written Legacy
Handling Sensitive Topics in Memoir, Our Life Stories Writers Conference.
Tried-and-True Techniques for Writing Your First Book: Simple Steps for Organizing Your Manuscript, California Writer’s Club.
2021
INTERVIEWS
Did My Ancestor Crash the 1855 Fusion (Republican) Convention? Blog Talk Radio Interview with Bernice Bennett.
PRESENTATIONS
Your First Book? How to Organize Your Manuscript for Self-Publication, Elk Grove Writer’s Conference.
Otho Williams Poster/Video Presentation, Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage conference.
2020
INTERVIEWS
Finding Booker Ancestors, Beverly Heritage Center, West Virginia.
Finding Daisy Recap, Sacramento Observer newspaper.
PRESENTATIONS
Quick Start Your Book Writing Process, Research from the National Archives Blog Talk Radio with Bernice Bennett.
Finding Daisy Book Launch Discussion, Underground Books.
2019
INTERVIEWS
Wanda Sabir’s ”Wanda’s Picks” Talk Radio Show, San Francisco.
Promoting the Black Book Fair at Underground Books, Fox40-TV.
PRESENTATIONS
Your First Book, African American Family History Seminar.
Finding Otho: The Search for Our Enslaved Ancestors, California Writer’s Club.
NEWS ARTICLES
15 Local Authors Worth Writing About, Sacramento Boomer Magazine.
2018
INTERVIEWS
Writing and Self-Publishing Your Family Stories with Kathy Marshall,” Research from the National Archives Blog Talk Radio with Bernice Bennett.
2017
INTERVIEWS
Interviewed by four-time Emmy award winner, May-Lily Lee, American Spark-TV, in Kathy Marshall’s “Art by Kanika” sculpture garden.
PRESENTATIONS
The Ancestors Are Smiling! Book Launch and Discussion, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, California.
NEWS ARTICLE
Living by example: Elk Grove artist’s new book encourages hope through family history, Elk Grove Citizen, California.