To book Irene for a speaking engagement or group discussion, please contact her at: nomanslandmiller@gmail.com
Upcoming Events
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12/12 Harrison High School and Community , Harrison MI
Past Events 2024
11/11Berne Public Library Berne Indiana
11/12 Adams Central Community Schools Monroe Indiana
11/13 Huntington University, Huntington Indiana
11/14 Huntington North High school, Indiana
11/18 SOAR, Farmington Hills
11/21 Zeeland community event
11/22 Zeeland High School
11/24 Zekelman Holocaust Center
10/27 Zekelman Holocaust Center
9/29 Zekelman Holocaust Center
10/1 Novi library and Rox Run event
10/8 Oakland University
10/10 ST John Lutheran Church in St Johns, MI
9/9 Clarkston Library
9/1 Zekelman Holocaust Center
8/25 Zekelman Holocaust Center
8/21 JF Kennedy Library Dearborn Heights
5/2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
5/5 Windsor, Canada
5/6 Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham
5/7 Northwestern University Evanston Ill
5/16 Kalamazoo College
5/31 Wayne Memorial High School
4/3 DeWitt Community Library
4/4 DeWitt High School
4/10 Rochester Hills Middle School
4/15 Notre Dame Academy
4/18 US Army TACOM USA
4/21 The Zekelman Holocaust Center
4/23 MI Realtors
4/24 Our Savior Lutheran Church/"Turning Point USA ", Hartland, MI
3//3 Zekelman Holocaust Center
3/6 Vanguard Charter Academy Wyoming MI
3/14 Springbrook Middle School
3/17 Zekelman Holocaust Center
3/21 The Village Club Bloomfield Hills
2/2 Zekelman Holocaust Center for Western University Department of Military Science
Leadership
2/11 Zekelman Holocaust Center
2/29 Portage District Library
1/7 Zekelman Holocaust Center
1/24 Genesee District Library
1/25 Madison Heights Public Library
1/31 Portland High School
2023
12/18 Shepherd High School
12/19 Shepherd Middle School
12/6 Zeeland Community Progam
12/7 Holland High School
12/8 Zeeland HIgh School
12/13 Westland Library
11/12 North Branch High School
11/3 MCC Greenville campus Life Long learning
11/5 Zekelman Holocaust Center
11/2 Greenville High School
11/16 Monroe County Community College
11/26 Zekelman Holocaust Center
10/17 Boyne City Library
10/18 Boyne City High School
10/19 Petoskey Library
10/20 Harbor Spring High School
10/9 Community even Monroe
9/24 Zekelman Holocaust Center, Farmington Hills MI
10/22 Zekelman Holocaust Center, Farmington Hills MI
9/27 and 9/28 Grand Rapids School System {9 schools involved}
9/26 Grand Rapids community event
9/21 Lady of Good Council Church, Pontiac MI
9/13 Royal Oak Women's Club 7 pm
9/12 Chesterfield Public Library
8/27 Zekelman Holocaust Center, Farmington Hills MI
8/13 Zekelman Holocaust Center, Farmington Hills MI
7/16 Zekelman Holocaust Center, Farmington Hills MI
7/12 St. Colette, Livonia Church
The First Unitarian Methodist Church, Wayne, MI
Livonia Public Library
River Rapids Public Library
Otsego High School
Otsego Middle School
Otsego Public Library MI
Westland Public Library
Mt. Clemens Public Library
Forest Area/Fife Lake High School
Traverse City Public Library
Kingsley High School, Kingsley MI
Elk Rapids Public Library, Elk Rapids MI
Elk Rapids High School and Middle School
Charlevoix Library, Charlevoix MI
Petoskey Public Library, Petoskey MI
Mio High School, Mio, MI
Oscoda Library, MI
Ortonville Library
St. James Church, Livonia
DRG Zeta Chapter
Book Club
Northfield
2022
12/27 Holocaust Memorial Center
12/9 Zeeland High School
12/9 Zeeland High School
12/8 Zeeland Community event
12/8 Zeeland Community event
12/4 Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills
12/4 Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills
11/13 Testimony Christian Church
11/20 Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills
11/29 Chippewa River District Library
11/30 Beal City High School
11/10 West Bloomfield Library
11/7 Tiffin University, Ohio
11/3 Lapeer Historical Courthouse
10/23 Universal Unitarian Church of Farmington
10/12 Southfield Library
11/13 Testimony Christian Church
9/12 7 Pm Sault St Marie LSSU Art Center for the general public
9/13 10am Sault ST Marie LSSU Art Center for schools within a 200mile radius
9/13 7 pm ST Ignace Library
9/16 Schoolcraft College, Livonia
8/19 Brighton Public Library
5/25 Hazel Park Library, MI
5/26 Friends of Tawas Public Library , Tawas playhouse MI
5/23 Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Chicago IL
3/1 Oak Park Library
3/23 Oakland Community College via zoom
4/26 South Lyon East, High School
5/6 Plainwell High School
2021
Via Zoom presentations only
2020
"Shorashim" educational organization in North America and Israel
Presentation on 4/20 and 4/21 to commemorate the Holocaust memorial day In Israel
Participants were in USA and Israel via Zoom
Book discussion group in Marysville,. via Zoom
Farmington genealogical society via Zoom
Oakland Community College via Zoom
Monroe County Library, Ida MI
Auburn Hills Library
Northville Women's Club at First United Methodist church
Farmington Library
LE White Middle School
Allegan MI
Allegan District Library
Perrysburg Ohio, Junior High School
2019
Adrian Community Library
Madison school district Middle School
Delta Kappa Gamma Zeta Brunch
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI Hillel
Commerce Township Library
Clinton Township Library
Kalkaska Library
Kalkaska High school
Kalkaska Middle school
All three Kalkaska events held at the High school auditorium
Monroe County Library
S. Rockwood
Habitat for Humanity public event
Annual conference/ meeting
"Winning Women"
Community Church Brighton
Alcona County Library
Alcona High school
Alcona Middle School
Harrisville library
Alpena
All Seasons of West Bloomfield
Monroe Community College
Genealogical society
Allan Park Library
Bedford Branch Library
Community House Birmingham
St. Hubert Church, Harrison Township
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Saginaw Valley State University
Lincoln Park Public Library
Jackson District Library
Royal Oak Library,
SOAR
Mount Clements Library
Chesterfield Public Library
Holly Redeemer Parish
Jenison MI
Granville Public High school
Jenison High School
Hudsonville High School
Flat River Community Library
Greenvillle, MI
Tamarack District Library
BC/BS
Conference for Actuary & Underwriting Management
Warren Library
High School in Watervliet,
Watervliet Library
Albion College
Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center
Defence department
Battle Creek, MI
The First Unitarian Methodist Church, Wayne, MI
Livonia Public Library
River Rapid
Public Library
Otsego High School
Otsego Middle School
Otsego Public Library MI
Westland Public Library
Mt. Clements Public Library
Forest Area/Fife Lake High School
Traverse Civility Public Library
Kingsley High School,
Kingsley MI
Elk Rapids Public Library
Elk Rapids MI
Elk Rapids High School and Middle School
Charlevoix Library
Charlevoix MI
Petoskey Public Library
Petoskey MI
Miio High School Mio, MI
Oscola Library,
Mio
Orthonville Libray
St. James Church
Livonia
DRG Zeta Chapter
Book Club
Northfield
2018
Temple Beth El
Windsor, Canada
Next Birmingham, Birmingham MI
St. John Fisher Catholic Community, Auburn Hills
Downriver Genealogical Society
Wyandotte
Springfield Township Public Library
Rochester Hills Public Library, MI
Henry Ford Centennial Library
Dearborn 16301 Michigan Ave.
St. James Episcopal Church
25150 E River Road, Grosse Ile, MI
Delta Kappa Gamma, State of, Michigan
Fall conference. Keynote speaker:
"Embracing diversity in schools"
Midland, MI
Clinton-Macomb Public Library, MI
"Booked for Lunch" Bay City, MI
Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library, Bay City MI
St. Patrick Parish, White Lake MI
MENSA, Southfield, MI
Hillside Middle School, Northville MI
Gull Lake Middle School, Richland MI
Richland MI Public Library
National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Livonia, MI
St. Blase Catholic Community, Sterling Heights
Chatterton Middle School, Warren MI
New Orleans Holocaust Memorial Day {Open to the community}
Mandeville High School, Mandeville, LA
NASA, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Ludington MI Community event
Fountain MI Community program
Methodius Catholic Church
Sterling Heights MI
Toledo, OH
Annual community wide Diversity Program
First Presbyterian Church , Mount Clemens, MI
Marine City MI, community event organized by the Public Library
Delta Kappa Gamma. Northville, MI
2017
Allegan Middle School
Temple Jacob, Hancock MI
Houghton Middle School, Houghton MI
Houghton High School
Hancock High School
Jeffers High School, Painesdale, MI
Calumet High School, Calumet MI
Boyne City High School, Boyne City, MI
Boyne City elementary school 4th graders ( first time I spoke to students of this young age )
Petoskey High School, Petoskey MI
Boyne Regional Library
Martin Luther King Celebration Walled Lake, Keynote Speaker
Howell MI high school - 1,100 students
Islamic students' conference
Washington Elementary School, Warsaw IN
Oakhill Jr. High School, Converse , IN
Blair Pointe Elementary School, Peru IN
Huntington North High School, Huntington IN
1,800 students and teachers
Crestview Middle School, Huntington IN
DAR (Daughters of the American Revolutions), Plymouth MI
Troy Historic Village, MI
Gwinn High School, Gwinn MI
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Marquette, MI
Marquette Interfaith Forum, Holocaust Memorial Service
NMU Marquette
Temple Jacob, community event
Hancock, MI
Auburn Hills, Community Center
Public Library
Wayne MI
St. Mary's Catholic school
Mt. Clemons, MI
Belleville High School MI
Berkley Public Library
Diversity program. BC/BSM Southfield
Diversity program. BC/BSM, Detroit
Allegan High School
Plymouth study group at Arts Council
2016
Bloomfield Hills Andover High School
Allegam, MI Middle and High schools combined. 700 students
St. James Parish, Novi, MI
Philanthropic Educational Organization, Novi, MI
University of Michigan Dearborn, MI
Connection Church, Canton, MI
South Canton Scholars Academy
Christ the King Catholic Church, Detroit
Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church
Oakland county 6th district Circuit Court, keynote speaker, Constitution Day
Alpha Delta Kappa recognition dinner
St. Patrick church and school
Congregation T'chiyah, Ferndale MI
Department of Health and Human Services, Traverse City and adjacent townships
Leelanau Conference Room, Traverse City, MI
360 Students from Suttons Bay and Leland schools, Suttons Bay, MI
Traverse City and Cadillac schools
Millikan Auditorium at The Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City
Community-wide presentation at the Millikan Auditorium
Traverse City
Walled Lake Public School teachers
Congregation Kol Ami
Skyped with 3 middle school classes in Allegan, MI
Skyped with a book club in Grosse Pointe MI
Premiere of documentary "Irene child of the Holocaust"
Interview on Public Radio Station in Interlochen, MI
Interview on Fox TV, Channel 2
Interview on Channel 5 TV in Saginaw
Beal City High School - 300 students
Alma High School - 700 students
St. Patrick bible study group
2015
Crosspointe Meadows Church, Novi MI
Oakland Community College Southfield, MI
First Unitarian Church, Warren (Lenten breakfast )
First United Methodist Church Royal, Oak, MI
Blue Cross, diversity program
Alpha Delta Kappa
Department of Homeland Security, Detroit
Book Club, Bloomfield Township
Schools in St Johns, MI
Retired Educators at St. Mary’s Educational Center,. Byron Center, MI
Skype, Book Club UP, MI
Bullard Sanford Memorial Library , Board of Trustees Reading Program, Vassar Township MI
Book Club, Vassar
Gull Lake High School, Richland MI
Book Club, St. Clare Shores
Royal Oak Masonic Lodge
Royal Oaks First United Methodist Church
Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Initiation: Women’s program in am, and keynote speaker at evening banquet
Oakland Probate Circuit Court, Constitution Day
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Regional Conference.
All Seasons of Birmingham, Senior Living Community, Birmingham, MI
Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church, Warren, MI
St. George Unitarian Church Brighton , MI
2014
Optimist Club of Detroit
Oakland University Scholarship Committee Luncheon
Andiamo's Banquet
Citizens for Peace at the Unity of Livonia, MI
Book Club, Bloomfield Hills
Birmingham Temple, Farmington Hills ,MI
US Army at TACOM LCMC Detroit Arsenal
Redford Union High School
Yom Hashoah, Windsor, Canada
Skype with school in Upper Peninsula, MI
Port Huron Lutheran Church
Book Club, Farmington MI
Psychological Association conference, Cleveland Ohio
First Presbyterian Church Birmingham
Lansing Public Library
Baptist Church, Birmingham, MI
Town Hall Lecture Series, Port Sanilac, MI
Rotary Club, Royal Oak, MI
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Golden Opportunity Club Pontiac, MI
2013
Middle School in Oxford, MI
Presbyterian Church
St. John's Episcopal, Church, Royal Oak, MI
Antioch Lutheran Church, Farmington Hills, MI
Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, Warren, MI
Optimist Club of Royal Oak
Students at WSU, Detroit
Plymouth District Library, Authors Fair, participant
Harper Woods Library
Post Office Women for Equal Rights, (POWER) Annual Women's History Month celebration.
Franklin High School, Livonia, MI
Brighton Christian Church
"I Believe Requiem," Orchestra Hall, Detroit
Skyline High School, Ann Arbor, MI
Carlson Middle School, Gibraltar, MI. (400 students)
High School in Ann Arbor
Temple Israel "Eat and Learn" (230 in attendance), West Bloomfield
Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor
Book Club discussion, Detroit
Adult Learning Institute, Farmington Hills
Royal Oak Public Library
Oakland University Scholarship Committee Banquet
Detroit Women's Forum
Southfield Public Library
Book Club, Royal Oak
Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills
Church in Grosse Point , MI
Book Club, West Bloomfield
Norup International School, Oak Park
PACE Academy, Southfield
Optimist Club of Bloomfied
Home schooled High School, Brighton
University of Michigan, Hillel Annual Conference on Holocaust
2012
High School, Beal City, MI
Book Club, Beal City
Muskegon River Youth Home (campus for adjudicated teenagers)
Jewish Book Fair, West Bloomfield
Jewish Book Fair, Ann Arbor
