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Reading for Change Book Discussion Group

Main Library, Boardroom

2023-06-28 13:00:00 2023-06-28 14:00:00 America/New_York Reading for Change Book Discussion Group Exploring Race Ethnicity Equity and Inclusion (REEI) Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot Main Library -

Wednesday, June 28
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-28 13:00:00 2023-06-28 14:00:00 America/New_York Reading for Change Book Discussion Group Exploring Race Ethnicity Equity and Inclusion (REEI) Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot Main Library -

Exploring Race Ethnicity Equity and Inclusion (REEI) Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

The Reading for Change book club will explore Race and Ethnicity Equity and Inclusion (REEI) and the impact of inequity on individuals in our society. In conjunction with the Fairfield County Juvenile Court, we will expand our knowledge of systemic racism and intersectional social justice issues, examine how we uphold these systems of inequity, and identify steps we can take to combat inequities. We hope to provide an inclusive space to explore meaningful change. We will spend two or three months discussing one title so that we have time to unpack the topics in the book.

June and July we will read:

Heart Berries: A Memoir 

Terese Marie Maihot

A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The result is this book, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father--an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist--who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Club |

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