Authentic Communication Is Love - Book Reading with Patience Chisanga-Mayer

A reading, an interview and a discussion on whether authenticity survives every environment and what it costs to be truly seen.
About this Event

Join Patience Chisanga-Mayer for another intimate reading from her book, Authentic Communication Is Love. This reading returns to a thread first opened in Reading 1, communication, silence, expression, and connection, and turns it toward a new question: is visibility itself an act of vulnerability?

We will explore what it means to be truly seen, the risk we take on every time we choose to show up as ourselves, and why visibility, done honestly, is one of the most vulnerable things we can offer another person. We will also sit with a harder question: is authentic communication even possible in every environment we move through, or does context always ask us to edit ourselves?

Building on the intimate, reflective format of Readings 1 and 2, the third reading introduces a new dimension. The evening will move through three distinct formats: a reading, an interview, and a debate, giving returning guests a fresh experience while keeping the series' warm, conversational tone.

This third gathering will continue the conversation on authentic communication, this time asking what it truly costs, and what it truly gives us, to be visible.

Agenda

🕑: 05:45 PM - 06:00 PM
Welcome, Networking & Book Collection
🕑: 06:10 PM - 06:35 PM
Book Reading & Author Reflection
🕑: 06:40 PM - 07:00 PM
Fireside Interview
🕑: 07:05 PM - 07:10 PM
Short Comfort Break + Run-through
🕑: 07:15 PM - 08:10 PM
Live Debate
🕑: 08:15 PM
Vote of Thanks, Wrap-Up & Networking