Discussions & Speakers

Every month we have a book discussion related to feminism, racism, climate change and any one of our other issues. When we have a speaker or something else of import, we may delay a book discussion to the following month.

See below.

The Chapter likes to have speakers on our issues so we can learn more about them or what is happening around them. We only have speakers when we are assured there will be enough members.

The Chapter has other discussions and learning at each meeting as time permits. They range from Bylaws review, to event and action planning.

"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Color Blindness" is a tour de force. It is as valid now as it was 10 years ago. Unfortunately, we have made little progress on mass incarceration of Black men and boys since it was first released.

This book is dense, full of facts and quality research. We are shooting or locking up our 'hated' minority "and then making them convicts and felons who are OK to hate and keep out of society.

Charlotte Kendall, a speaker on "White Fragility", led us in a discussion of the book and its key points. It is a book that deals with  uncomfortable issues like white privilege and that we are all racists. We have to strive to be Antiracists (See "How To Be an Antiracist:).

CLICK HERE FOR RACE-RELATED BOOKS.

Whites have to educate whites on racism and factors of race.. Blacks shouldn't have to educate us. They have tried for hundreds of years. And, there are innumerable good books that deal with our awful history of race and racism. We will be discussing "So You Want To Talk About Race" at our April 23rd General Membership meeting.. 

For the May General Membership Meeting, May 28, we will be discussing two books: 

"A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions" and 

"We Should All Be Feminists".

For a preview of "A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions" click here

For the May General Membership Meeting, May 28, we will be discussing two books: 

"A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions" and 

"We Should All Be Feminists".

For a preview of "We Should All Be Feminists" click here. 

SEE BELOW FOR FEMINIST BOOKS

The book we will read for our June Meeting (2nd in our series of 3 Feminist books) are , "The Moment of Lift" by Melinda Gates. Please email greateronow@gmail.com with any suggestions to conduct a future book discussion at a General Membership meeting. Any book that addresses one of our Chapter issues that you believe is a significant book, we want to hear about it.