Human Rights Book Clubs
Join the Wassmuth Center's Human Rights Book Clubs
Times of rapid change, complexity, and division require space and time for people to gather around a shared human rights-themed book and the opportunity to dive deeply into important topics through reading, discussion, and learning.
Generations for Justice Book Club
Second Tuesday of each month
Generations for Justice is an intergenerational book club that welcomes community members of all ages to gather on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm.
Upcoming Selections:
- March 11: Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez
Hope and Humanity Book Club
Fourth Tuesday of each month
February
On Tuesday, February 25th we will discuss Edna Shochat’s book Decent Exposure. This moving collection of poems will undoubtedly provoke deep discussions about both hope and humanity. Ms. Shochat will join us for both the noon and evening discussions.
March
On Tuesday, March 25th we will discuss The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek. This memoir embodies themes of “courage, survival, and the power of music to uplift the human spirit.” Copies of the book are available for free at The Wassmuth Center. Mona will be performing a one-woman show, The Pianist of Willesden Lane, at the Morrison Center on March 26th at 12pm for those who are interested.
Hope & Humanity Book Club Selections
Generations for Justice meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 - 8:00pm.
Hope and Humanity meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at both 12:00 - 1:00pm and 6:30 - 8:00pm.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
-JAMES BALDWIN, AMERICAN WRITER