Racelessness is the focus of Dr. Sheena Mason and her PhD from Howard, as well as her forthcoming book. Come chat about the overlaps with neurodiversity thinking.

Join @neurodiversityproject on IG to chat with Unspeakable Podcast host and bestselling author Meghan Daum about how to have more nuanced conversations in this era of deep polarization, covering writing and social media, cancel culture, and more.

Jenara offers the keynote on neurodiversity, psychiatry and genetics at the annual conference of academics from across the US and abroad, from MIT and Columbia to Carnegie Mellon and elsewhere.

Book Publishing & Navigating the Literary World: Connecting Writers With Agents, Editors & Publishers

About this event

Join this neurodivergent-friendly session on book publishing designed and led by producer/journalist and Divergent Mind author, Jenara Nerenberg, about the process, details, nitty gritty, and nuts and bolts about what you need to do to develop your manuscript and get it published.

The class is tailored for established writers as well as emerging writers and there will be time for questions and answers in order to tailor to everyone's needs.

Jenara is the founder of The Neurodiversity Project and an alum of CNN, Fast Company, Harvard, and Berkeley. Her debut book was published by HarperCollins and received starred reviews and endorsements. Prior to writing her own book, she spent half a decade working with bestselling authors on the publicity/promotion/marketing side of the industry and she's now focused on pipeline needs and accessibility, connecting talented writers to major publishers. Divergent Literary is her literary agency, an initiative of The Neurodiversity Project.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/divergent-literary-publishing-for-neurodivergents-tickets-162482406251

Jenara interviews Professor Roy Grinker about his groundbreaking new book, Nobody’s Normal, a historical and anthropological examination of the history of social norms and stigma surrounding '“mental illness,” held virtually for the esteemed Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.

Jenara will be interviewed by Rumi Prescription author Melody Moezzi at the New Haven Public Library!

http://nhfpl.libnet.info/event/4890327

Neil Brown Jr. (Issa Rae’s Insecure, Seal, Weeds, Walking Dead) plays the lead role in the new film, Last Night in Rozzie. Neil joins producer Jenara Nerenberg at The Interracial Project on Instagram, along with acclaimed composer Jongnic Bontemps and director Sean Gannet. https://www.instagram.com/interracialproject/

Pulitzer Prize finalist and physician Louise Aronson interviews Jenara Nerenberg for the paperback release of Divergent Mind at Magic City Books! All virtual, join from anywhere. Louise said, ““What is ‘normal’? Who gets to decide? Jenara Nerenberg’s wide-ranging Divergent Mind asks and answers these and other essential questions, offering a vision for how individuals and society can take better advantage of the many ways in which we are human.” https://magiccitybooks.com/event/virtual-event-jenara-nerenberg/

Mariana Garcia is a leading therapist and writer on neurodiversity and high sensitivity in Mexico and she will interview Jenara live for the paperback release of Divergent Mind! https://www.instagram.com/neurodiversityproject/

NeuroTribes author Steve Silberman interviews Jenara Nerenberg for the paperback release of Divergent Mind. Steve called Divergent Mind “a signpost to a happier future in which the diversity of human wiring is celebrated while barriers to access are eliminated.”

"In this enormously important book, Jenara Nerenberg brings to light the history and lived experiences of a 'lost generation' of neurodivergent women whose wisdom about coping in a world not built for them has been occluded behind a fog of changing diagnostic labels and overly male-centric research. Divergent Mind is a signpost to a happier future in which the diversity of human wiring is celebrated while barriers to access are eliminated." - Steve Silberman, NYTimes bestselling author of NeuroTribes

Join Jenara & Bridgit for a deep, engaging conversation on narrative, media representation, neurodiversity and the arts, and more! This is a rare conversation and Bridgit brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge about media production and curation in Hollywood and beyond.

https://www.bookcellarinc.com/event/jenara-nerenberg-conversation-bridgit-antoinette-evans-divergent-mind

Divergent Mind is going on tour! Join NPR’s Invisibilia creator and Radiolab host Lulu Miller as she interviews Jenara for a live conversation on the book for Book Passage.

SF Urban Film Festival founder Fay Darmawi joins Jenara, whose hometown is SF, for a discussion on this year’s lineup, the issues at hand, and the power of visual storytelling in moving communities forward.

Dr. Farid joins The Interracial Project to discuss her new book, family, art, and international upbringing.

As part of The Neurodiversity Project’s inaugural Sanism Awareness Month and anti-sanism week, writer and professor Melody Moezzi of The Rumi Prescription joins Jenara for a wide-ranging conversation on bipolar, activism, feminism, advocacy, social norms, spirituality, and so much more!

Dr. Harper is a food and ecology activist focused on Black vegan culture and the mother of four in an interracial family; she joins Jenara & The Interracial Project to discuss all of the above as well as her anti-racist training work.

Rev angel Kyodo Williams, a renowned teacher and writer and frequent collaborator with Jenara on event conversations, will join The Interracial Project for a wide-ranging discussion of America’s multiple crises and the way forward.

Professor Tina Sacks discusses her heritage from Black Mississippi sharecroppers and Jewish refugees live on Instagram with Jenara at The Interracial Project. Dr. Sacks is a UC Berkeley Professor in the School of Social Work and the author of Invisible Visits.

Design Directors Veronica Corzo-Duchardt and Jessica de Jesus join Jenara on The Interracial Project’s Instagram Live to talk about visual culture and narratives on race and identity, as well as the evolution of BITCH Magazine and media.

Designer BFFs Lisa Congdon & Jen Hewitt join Jenara & The Interracial Project for a frank conversation on interracial friendship and collaboration, design, wellbeing, and more!

Kamal Sinclair is an extraordinary leader and executive cross-pollinating the arts, science, tech, equity and justice — join Jenara & Kamal live in conversation on this historic moment over at The Interracial Project.

Join Netflix star Ravi Cabot-Conyers from the hit show #BlackAF to discuss family, film, representation, Black and White parents, school, identity, and more.

Jenara interviews Ravi as part of THE INTERRACIAL PROJECT live on Instagram!

Join Jenara Nerenberg & Bonnie Tsui to discuss her bestselling books on water and swimming, race and identity in America, and interracial relations in this historic moment.

Jenara’s interview will be held on Instagram Live as part of THE INTERRACIAL PROJECT

Jenara returns to the Advance LA conference for the second year in a row to share her findings on “Empathy & Neurodiversity: An Examination of Gender & the Traits of Synesthesia, ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), & the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).”

Bay Area Book Festival appearance, live on-stage interview with Jenara about Divergent Mind

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-cognitive-diversity-the-promise-of-co-living-tickets-77642463699

Futures-thinking conversation w/ celebrated authors & self-advocates on cohousing, mental health, and divergent minds.

How do human beings create space for one another? How have “mental health” and “inner life” been neglected from the conversation on diversity? And finally, how do proudly “disordered” people create living environments on their own terms?

In this futures-thinking discussion between celebrated authors and self-advocates, the conversation gets real. We’ll hear from poet Chris Martin, cofounder of  Unrestricted Interest who has ADHD and helps nonspeaking autistic adults express themselves through poetry. We’ll hear from Meghana Junnuru, a passionate nonspeaking autistic poet who is launching a neurodiversity-focused cohousing community in the Midwest. And we’ll hear from Courtney Martin, a celebrated author based in Oakland whose books, On Being columns and TED Talks celebrate the power of vulnerability in cohousing, racial justice work and changing the conversation of “the good life” in America today. 

And finally, the event is hosted by neurodivergent author Jenara Nerenberg, of Divergent Mind, whose work on neurodiversity, mental health, scientific research and pop culture appears at Garrison Institute, UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center, Susan Cain’s Quiet Revolution, Fast Company, KQED and elsewhere. 

Invisibilia cofounder Lulu Miller & Jenara Nerenberg of The Neurodiversity Project discuss their new books.

Invisibilia (NPR) cofounder Lulu Miller is an award-winning journalist whose first book, Why Fish Don't Exist, is a true story of love, discovery, eugenics, ocean waters, and a caution against reducing human beings to simple labels.

The Neurodiversity Project founder and host Jenara Nerenberg is an award-winning journalist whose first book, Divergent Mind, is an investigation into gender bias and the hidden sensory worlds of neurodivergent women with synesthesia, autism, high sensitivity, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder.

In conversation, the two writers will explore overlapping themes of the history and future of science, valuing cognitive diversity, and the danger of relying on restrictive categorizations of human beings and their behavior.

What can we learn about intellectual pursuit, the mysteries of human behavior, storytelling, and the role of science journalism in improving human life and edging the world toward a more just society? Learn more about what led these two reporters down this path. Reserve now and don't miss this rare event.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/invisibilias-lulu-miller-in-berkeley-w-jenara-nerenberg-tickets-92385570729

“Divergent Mind explores powerful and positive ways to understand our fundamental differences. Its focus on women is much needed and timely. The book de-pathologizes those of us who most profoundly and intensely think and feel the world around us. I found it to be eye-opening and healing.” (Mary Pipher, New York Times bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia)