The Reading for Change Book Discussion Gro up will explore Race and Ethnicity Equity and Inclusion (REEI). Through gr oup discussion\, we will expand our knowledge of systemic racism and inter sectional social justice issues\, examining how we uphold these systems of inequality\, and identify steps we can take to combat inequalities. We ho pe to provide an inclusive space to explore meaningful change. This group will spend two or three months discussing one title so that we have time t o unpack the topics in the book and look for ways we can impact change in the community. This book group will meet the last Wednesday of the month a t 1:00. No registration necessary.
\nIn June we will be talking abou t The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
\nYoung Hiram Walke r was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away\, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later\ , when Hiram almost drowns in a river\, that same power saves his life. Th is brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to esc ape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey th at takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations t o desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness\, from the coffin of the dee p South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enliste d in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved\, Hiram's resolv e to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women\, men\, and children--the violent and capricious separation of families--and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's mo st exciting thinkers and writers\, The \;Water \;Dancer \;is a propulsive\, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from w hom everything was stolen.
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