Book Groups Update By Sharon Anderson

If you wish to see what others are reading, or get ideas for your book group or yourself, please refer to the “books” page under “Activities” on our branch website (https://sacramento-ca.aauw.net/bookgroups/).

Each book group has its own tab, by book group number.  (These book group numbers correlate with page 6 of the branch Membership Directory.)  On each list, the meeting days, times and coordinator are listed.

September Book Groups

Book Group 1:
Beyond That, the Sea, by Lora Spence Ash, on Sept. 11; coordinator is Susanna Mullen

Book Group 3:
Night Watch, by Jayne Phillips, on Sept. 24; coordinator is Julia Maclay

Book Group 4: 
A Little Chapel on the River, by Gwendolyn Bounds, on Sept. 10; coordinator is Pat Morehead

Book Group 8:
Foster, by Claire Keegan, on Sept. 22; coordinator is Diana Squire

Book Group 10: 
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimerer, on Sept. 18; coordinator is Sandi Schoenman

Book Group 12:
The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon, on Sept. 4; coordinator is Linda Cook

Living Our Mission of Equity By Charmen Goehring

We hope you will join us in a monthly equity conversation where we look at our own biases, seek actions we can take to attract diversity to our branch and become better people in the process. Each month, we read a section of our selected book then meet to discuss what we have learned, along with exploring other issues related to race and equity. We meet the first Wednesday of each month from 7 to 8 PM on Zoom.

The Zoom meeting code is 737 420 3780 or you can join using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7374203780

We will discuss our current book,  Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, by Uche Blackstock, MD, on September 3 at 7 p.m. We will discuss Part 3 and will also pick our next book. If you have questions and to RSVP, please email Charmen at charminme@yahoo.com.