Join us virtually to hear Author Donna Searight Simons discuss Michigan's Copper Country. 

Learn more about: 
· Dangers of working in a copper mine

· Nine month labor strike

· Strike outcome

· How the strike led to a tragedy that forever changed the Copper Country

Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link and passcode in an email the day before the event. We also send a reminder email the day of! 

Registration closes an hour prior to the start time of this virtual event.

Donna's Bio:
She earned a Bachelor’s degree with a major in Journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 1991. It was at this time that she began to write free-lance articles for magazines as well as write the beginning stages of her novel, Copper Empire.

Donna and her husband live in Macomb Township. She has worked at Oakland University for the past 26 years as an administrative assistant while she pursues my hobby of writing and giving historical presentations at libraries.

In 2013, she published her novel, Copper Empire, which is set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Donna has a strong connection to the Copper Country because her grandmother was born and raised in Houghton and told Donna stories of what life was like in that region. Donna enjoys traveling to the Copper Country every summer.