UMD Commission on Equity, Race & Ethnicity (CERE) invites the community to join one or all of the 2019 Reading Circles.
Participants are invited to attend as many of the session as desired. These events are designed to expand awareness and appreciation of diversity issues and enhance the feeling of community. All are welcome to participate, or just to listen.
Guests are invited to check-out books at the UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library on a first-come, first-served basis. Six to ten copies of each book will be available one month prior to the event. People are welcome to read and bring their own copies of the books. The sessions are informal, where people are able to read all or part of the books, or can just come to listen.
The events are co-sponsored by the Kathryn A. Martin Library. All events will be held in the 4th Floor Library Rotunda.
BOOKS
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot.* 4-5 pm, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, Library Rotunda
Book discussion with Rick Smith ([email protected]) - American Indian Learning Resource Center and Cheryl Reitan ([email protected]) — University Marketing and PR
Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy by Sheryll Cashin.
* 4-5:30 pm, Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019, Library Rotunda (RESCHEDULED FROM JAN. DATE)
Book discussion with Cheryl Reitan ([email protected]) — University Marketing and PR, and Gerri Williams ([email protected]) — community activist.
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung.
* 5-6:30 pm, Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019, Library Rotunda
Book discussion with Julie Kim ([email protected]) — Health Services
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
* 4-4:45 pm, Thursday, May 16, Library Rotunda
Book discussion with Daisy Wallace ([email protected]) — Labovitz School of Business and Economics
The reading circles are free and open to the public. For disability accommodations contact Kyle Harriss at 218-726-6546 or the main desk at 218-726-6120.