Author: Iris Formey Dawson

A corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and former instructor, Iris Formey Dawson ("IF") is a multidimensional word sculptor, who avoids cookie-cutter creation. Iris serves as a principal writer at The Formey Touch, a professional writing support collective rooted in her family’s passion for communications excellence. Some of Iris's pieces have appeared in Essence magazine and the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, on MSNBC (which SCAD featured during its Presidential Conferment of Degrees and Presentation of Degrees ceremonies on May 28, 2021).

MAKE ME READ

Iris Formey Dawson August 13, 2019 July 19, 2020 Uncategorized itemprop="discussionURL"2 Comments

Then, Now, and Always I’ve been smitten with words since the age of three when I’d repeatedly beg my mother to “MAKE ME READ.” Yes, even in early 1960s Baxley, Georgia, years before ever setting foot in a classroom, I demanded impossible transformation: to be instantly gifted with the power …

TOUCHED BY TONI

Iris Formey Dawson August 8, 2019 July 19, 2020 A CLASS UNTO HERSELF itemprop="discussionURL"10 Comments

How I Discovered, “Discovered,” & “Was Discovered” by Toni Morrison INSPIRATION: the gift of breathing in that which sustains. That is what Toni Morrison has been for me since 1978. Apart from my mother and grandmothers, Toni Morrison stands as the woman who shaped my life in the profoundest of …