Speaker Experience

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Book Charles L. Chatmon for your next literary event, university series, or school workshop. Inspiring youth and audiences across California through deep cultural storytelling. 

Charles L. Chatmon is a passionate speaker, author, and advocate dedicated to inspiring young minds and engaging communities across California. Through impactful literary events, university lecture series, school workshops, and community luncheons, Charles shares powerful insights on cultural history, the art of independent publishing, and the enduring power of community storytelling. 

• Black Literary History & Cultural Documentation
  • Exploring the rich legacy of African American writers and the vital role of literature in preserving community history.
• Los Angeles Community Storytelling
  • Unpacking the real-life inspirations behind historical urban fiction, local resilience, and West Coast Black culture.
• The Blueprint for Independent Publishing
  • Empowering emerging creators with actionable strategies for self-publishing, literary spaces, and author advocacy.
• Noir-Style Fiction & Social Commentary
  • Analyzing how crime fiction, suspense, and gritty urban narratives can reflect deeply on modern social issues.

EXPERIENCE

2012 Guest Speaker, Write, Produce, Publish Writers Group, Pleasanton, CA

Spoke to the group about using a Platform as an author, revealing techniques to help benefit in their growth. 

2009 Guest Speaker, Empowerment Luncheon, Emeryville, CA

Spoke to an assembly of entrepreneurs and aspiring authors in Emeryville, California on how they could create and maintain their own publishing business.

2008 Panelist, UCLA Bruins Speakers Series, UCLA

Participated on a panel to African American high school students encouraging them to go to college and pursue their dreams of creating their own businesses.

2008 Moderator, He Said She Said Relationship Panel, San Francisco, CA

Moderator on a panel on relationships as it pertains to African Americans seeking to find common group in their interpersonal goals of romance with each other.

2007 Moderator, He Said She Said Relationship Panel, KRST Unity Center, Los Angeles, CA

Moderator on a panel on relationships as it pertains to African Americans seeking to find common group in their interpersonal goals of romance with each other.

2005 Guest Speaker, Community Day School, Hawthorne, CA

Addressed a group of students about the importance of pursuing higher education in their lives.

2005-2018 Writers Workshop Presenter, AC Bilbrew Library, Los Angeles, CA

Hosted a writers workshop with association with the library’s Black Resource Center to introduce emerging writers of how to write a manuscript, promotion and marketing.