Tag: engagement

Noname’s Book Club

Via Noname’s Book Club: Reading material for the homies. Noname’s Book Club is an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices. We do this by highlighting two books each month written by authors of color. In addition to our social media presence we feel it is highly important to have free in-person meet ups to … Read More

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#BecauseWe’veRead

Via #BecauseWe’veRead: A radical, international book club challenging understandings of the status quo & mobilizing communities globally. The current book: The Fire Next Time (& other Readings on Black U.S. Liberation), “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” The past week, the United … Read More

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Open Yale Course: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

Via Open Yale Course:  African American History: From Emancipation to the Present Course Number AFAM 162 About the Course The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African … Read More

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Irresistible Podcast’s Book Club

Via Irresistible Podcast’s Book Club: Book Club ???? Join a global community of learning for collective readings in social justice & healing. Members get: An exclusive 35% off discount code Irresistible Podcast episode on the book Discussion guide to host your own gathering Interactive virtual hangout with the authors to ask your own questions and dive deeper … Read More

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Justice for Elijah McClain

Via Change.org: Justice for Elijah McClain August 24th, 2019, 23-year-old Elijah McClain was walking home after buying some tea at a local convenience store. According to Elijah’s family, Elijah, who was anemic, preferred to wear a ski mask to keep his face warm while he was walking. The Aurora Police Department received a call of … Read More

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North Star Health Collective: MUTUAL AID & COVID-19

Via the North Star Health Collective: We appreciate your outpouring of support but we want to be very clear – we have more than enough of everything we need right now. Please do not send us any more money or material supplies. If we have explicit needs we will post them here. If you are … Read More

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