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ROLANDA T. PYLE is both author and publisher. The name of her press, RoRo's Rainbow Communications, was inspired by her love for rainbows, which remind her that God keeps His promises. The motto is "a word fitly spoken" as found in Proverbs 25:11—"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pitchers of silver." She prays that the words written in her books will bring encouragement, inspiration and motivation to the readers and that they will truly be "books for the heart and soul."
2011 Intergeneration Storytelling Certificate of Distinction for the poem, "A Tribute to Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren." President’s Volunteer Service Award, April 2009 by Citymeals-On-Wheels Best Inspirational Poems, 2008 by Christian Storyteller Paul Dunbar Literacy Award for Creativity, March 2006 2004 Sloan Public Service Award HBO's 2004 Beah Richards Spirit Award "100 Women Who Shape Our City" April 2004 in New York's Daily News Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1994 by the National Library of Poetry 2nd Place in the Countee Cullen Library Black History Month Poetry Contest 2nd Place in African Voices Short Story Contest |
ROLANDA T. PYLE is a certified social worker and her most recent position was Associate Director of the Brookdale Foundation's Relatives as Parents Program. The Brookdale Foundation funds grandparent and other relative caregiver programs nationally. Rolanda is the former director of the New York City Department for the Aging's Grandparent Resource Center where she worked with grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. The author has also been featured on various radio and television programs. Her numerous awards include the distinguished 2004 Sloan Public Service Award and HBO's 2004 Beah Richards Spirit Award. In April 2004, New York's Daily News named her one of the "100 Women Who Shape Our City." In addition to her social work and her writing, Rolanda is a notary public, events coordinator, parent trainer and an adoption home study consultant. She also volunteers with the NYC Meals on Wheels Senior Chat program through which she provides companionship through weekly phone conversations with isolated seniors. Rolanda is the author of the book, Finally, a collection of inspirational poems. She is also the coauthor of the chapter, "Support Groups in the Lives of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren," in To Grandmother's House We Go and Stay. In addition, she is the coauthor of the chapter, "Grandparents as Family Caregivers," in the current edition of Encyclopedia of Elder Care, and the author of articles in Narratives of Professional Helping, NASW News (published by the National Association of Social Workers), and Grand magazine. She was a guest editor for the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships Special Issue: Grandparents and Other Relatives as Parents. |
The author is also a contributor to the anthologies Gumbo for the Soul: The Recipe For Literacy in the Black Community, Gumbo for the Soul: Here's Our Child, Where's The Village?, Gumbo for the Soul: Women of Honor and the illustrated anthology, Beautiful Women — Like You and Me. Rolanda’s creative writing has won poetry and short story writing awards, and her work has been published in religious and community newspapers. She also contributed to a publication entitled Your Dreams Can Come True: Stories of Hope, Perseverance and Triumph for youth who are in foster care and published by Rev. Alfonso Wyatt of the Fund for the City of New York. The author is an active member of Love Fellowship Church, NY located in Canarsie in Brooklyn, New York, where she serves in several ministries.
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