SANCTUARY, IN HONOR OF THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF CRISIS CENTER NORTH
Sometimes I come across a posting or article about my work on social media and, after being initially startled, I find myself grateful that I get to live as I…
40 YEARS AND 80,000 LIVES
Poetry and activism bring me back to Pennsylvania once again. I am honored to have been commissioned to write a poem celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Crisis Center North in…
THE POWER OF A NAME
I'm at the Renaming Celebration of The Centre County Women’s Resource Centre to the new, all inclusive name of Centre Safe, in State College, Pennsylvania. Centre Safe has been offering…
UNIONVILLE-CHADDS FORD WALL OF HONOR INDUCTION
This is the plaque marking my induction into the Hall of Honor in the Unionville - Chadds Ford School District, where I attended both middle and high schools in my…
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVES AN EMPTY PLACE AT THE TABLE EVENT
Keynote Speaker: Dora E. McQuaid October 9, 2018 12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm 3rd Floor, Courthouse Annex, Bellefonte, PA I will be returning to Centre County, Pennsylvania to serve as…
THREE BY FIVE STORYTELLING PROJECT WITH JEN RICKARDS
My family moved from Danville, California to West Chester, Pennsylvania the summer before I began Sixth Grade at Unionville – Chadds Ford Middle School in Chester County, PA. During the…
SURVIVE AND THRIVE: Six Stories of Triumph over Violence
A Taos Youth Heartline Event to launch their month-long celebration of Survive and Thrive, honoring April as: National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Awareness Month and National Crime Victims’ Awareness…
The Alchemical Heart: Writing Into The Sacred
The Sage Institute For Environment, Creativity and Consciousness, Taos, NM Saturday August 12, 2017 11:00 to 4:00 pm Dora, as a Sage Institute Board Member, offers this daylong original workshop…
LISTEN UP: The Voice Of Young New Mexico
Thursday June 1, 20176:30 – 8:00 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) KTAOS Solar Radio, 101.9 FM in Northern NM Listen to the show live anywhere in the world at: ktao.com Dora will…
BADASS BLUESMEN AND DORA HONOR PRINCE
Beautiful people, what a night we had. I was so excited to join master musicians Bob Livingston founder of the legendary Lost Gonzo Band in Austin, Texas and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer and composer, for a new combination of…
Dora, Prince, Rumi & 12 Bar Blues with Bob Livingston and Don Con
Dora joins master musicians Bob Livingston, bluesman and founder of the Lost Gonzo Band in Austin TX, and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer, for a new combination of 12-Bar Blues…
Dora Joins Volume Four of Misfits, Malcontents and Mystics
Event to benefit the Taos Men’s Homeless Shelter. Please come join us to hear stories and poetry about this magical place that Taos is, as offered by local luminaries Paul…
ORIGIN #7 INCLUDED IN GARGOYLE ISSUE 64
Which came first? The falling from the skyor the longing to return to it? You lifting yourself toward me,all heated skin and beyond, that look of ravage hauntand need and the briefest sighting of you spirit bared.You told me you…
Empowering the Survivor’s Voice: Writing as a Means of Healing
Date: TBA 2016 During 2016, Dora McQuaid will host a workshop in State College, PA, where Penn State University is located, to afford survivors of sexual violence the opportunity to…
Dora will be on tour internationally with her collection of poems
Dora will be on tour internationally with her collection of poems, the scorched earth and the scorched earth: spoken audio disc companion during 2016. Please check back for dates and locations or sign up…
AN EVENING WITH CRISIS CENTER NORTH AT THE CARNEGIE
Photos from my ongoing speaking and book tour with my book, the scorched earth, continue to come in. Here is one of me taking the stage at the Andrew Carnegie Music Hall and Library in Pittsburgh for the benefit event…