Gwenda Watkins Motley

Gwenda Watkins Motley serves on the Board of Directors for Hoptown Chronicle. She grew up in Hopkinsville and returned to her hometown in 2013 following retirement from her teaching career of 37 years in Flint, Michigan. She is a member of Virginia Street Baptist Church and serves on the boards of Focus 21st Century Minority Leadership Group and the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Inc.

For Gwenda Motley, experiencing the Christmas parade through her mom's eyes was like seeing it again as a child waiting for a glimpse of Santa Claus.
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Gwenda Watkins Motley reflects on where she's from in one of two poems submitted for "Homegrown Poems: Your Places, Your Stories in Verse."
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