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.
June Book Groups
Book Group 1:
The Idiot, by Elif Batuman, on June 12; coordinator is Susanna Mullen
Book Group 3:
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, on June25; coordinator is Carolyn Meeker
Book Group 4:
West With Giraffes, by Linda Rutledge, on June11; coordinator is Pat Morehead
Book Group 8:
How to Stand Up to a Dictator, by Maria Ressa, on June 23; coordinator is Diana Squire
Book Group 10:
No meeting in June; coordinator is Sandi Schoenman
Book Group 12:
James, by Percival Everett, on June 5; 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, Erasing History, by Jason Stanley, on June 4 at 7 p.m. We will discuss chapters 6-end. It is very timely for our current moment. If you have questions and to RSVP, please email Charmen at charminme@yahoo.com.
The group will be meeting over the summer. In July we will start reading the book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, by Uche Blackstock, MD. Check out the book from the library and join us on July 2nd!