Do you enjoy books? Do you like to discuss books and listen to others’ thoughts? If so, please consider joining the new Racial Justice Book Group. Organized by Sandy Hannum and Priscilla Kron, the book group is an offshoot of our Racial Justice Team, in conjunction with Adult REE.

The group will read and discuss books dealing with a broad range of issues related to racial justice. We plan to include both nonfiction and fiction to explore wider views and to appeal to varied interests. Through discussions, we hope to understand ourselves and each other better, and to empower ourselves to create Beloved Community as expressed in the 8th Principle and by the value of “Justice.”

The group will meet in person in Fellowship Hall from 6:30-8:00 on the 4th Monday of each month (Jan. 22, Feb. 26, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, May 27). We welcome folks from YRUU and up.

Our first book will be The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward, a two-time winner of the National Book Award. It is an anthology of essays and poems on race in America. This collection of the most important voices of a new generation was inspired by James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. In her introduction, Ward states, “I hope this book makes each one of you, dear readers, feel as if we are sitting together, you and me and Baldwin . . . and that we are composing our story together.”

Date Section Pages
Jan. 22, 2024 Introduction & Part I: Legacy 3 – 95
Feb. 26, 2024 Part II: Reckoning 99-191
Mar. 25, 2024 Part III: Jubilee 195 – 215

We look forward to composing our story and building community together, in the name of justice. To join us, please fill out this Breeze form.