UMD Commission on Equity, Race & Ethnicity (CERE) invites the community to join the 2018-19 Reading Circles.
A series of events at UMD will expand awareness and appreciation of diversity issues and enhance the feeling of community. All are welcome to participate, or just to listen. Participants are encouraged to attend as many of the sessions as desired.
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 read all or part of the books before they come, or they can just come to listen. The sessions are informal.
The events are co-sponsored by the Kathryn A. Martin Library. All events will be held in the 4th Floor Library Rotunda (unless noted).
13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance/13 colores de la resistencia hondureña by Melissa Cardoza
* 5-6 pm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018
Discussion will be led by Dr. Carol Wallace, assistant professor of Hispanic Studies.
For info, contact [email protected]
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble
* 4-5 pm, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018
Discussion led by Peter Angelos, technology director for the College of Liberal Arts
For info, contact [email protected]
Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy by Sheryll Cashin.
* 4-5 pm, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019
Discussion led by Cheryl Reitan, UMD University Marketing and Public Relations and Gerri Williams, community activist
For info, contact [email protected]
MORE EVENTS IN 2019
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Book discussion and speaker event coming in February.
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy Degruy. Cosponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Book discussion and speaker event coming in March.
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung. Discussion coming in April.
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem. Discussion coming in May.
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.