RSVP to PauliMurrayCenter Online Bookclub. Don’t forget to spread the invitation:)

 

A phenomenal opportunity.

Experience rich discussions with selected panel leaders and authors hosted by the @paulimurraycenterforhistoryandsocialjustice. IF you haven’t read the book, you can show up to listen and learn! Invite a friend. If you read the book, you might want to join in the the special FB group discussion as well. Don’t forget to register to get the bookclub discussion zoom link:

We will hold our discussion on Wednesday, June 30th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM on Zoom. To attend, please register in advance: https://zoom.us/.../tJMtcOmsrjwuE9eeFGIWPDB6FyVkepOk7IxZ

The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reignited a long-smoldering movement for justice, with many St. Louis-area clergy stepping up to support the emerging young leaders of today's Civil Rights Movement. Seminary professor Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists, and her interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and with the new movement's organizers take us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Ferguson and Faith demonstrates that being called to lead a faithful life can take us to places we never expected to go, with people who never expected us to join hands with them.

This event is co-sponsored by the Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South.

We have an official Facebook group for the book club. Join for updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pmcbookclub/

 
 
Check out library books. Shop local, independent bookstores. IndieBound - support your local bookstoresThriftBooks - purchase used copiesBetterWorldBooks - support global literacyLibro - purchase audiobooks from independent bookstores

Check out library books. Shop local, independent bookstores.

Want to share your book recommendations and reviews with the SisterScene? You’re invited! Send us a message for instructions.

“Cutting For Stone,” recommended by Claudia Sageser-Kaplan of the SisterScene. Have you read it? Please comment. And please share your recs.

“Cutting For Stone,” recommended by Claudia Sageser-Kaplan of the SisterScene. Have you read it? Please comment. And please share your recs.

Graphic art from the Great Radical Race Read event. Inspiring! Thank you @AngelKyodoWilliams, a Zen priest, activist, and teacher. She's the author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. Angel is an inspiration to the SisterScene!!

Graphic art from the Great Radical Race Read event. Inspiring! Thank you @AngelKyodoWilliams, a Zen priest, activist, and teacher. She's the author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. Angel is an inspiration to the SisterScene!!

Grow multicultural and racial justice via book activism!

The SisterScene needs readers like you to engage with us in building community through reading, writing and relationships. So many people are reading and absorbing valuable knowledge with no way to share it. We can help! Send us a message with your ideas about book justice!

Claudia Sageser Kaplan and Simon Kaplan love to eat, drink and be merry. And to sing, laugh and read! You’re invited to join in the recommending!

Claudia Sageser Kaplan and Simon Kaplan love to eat, drink and be merry. And to sing, laugh and read! You’re invited to join in the recommending!

Bookscene Recommendation by Claudia Sageser Kaplan

See photo of book cover– “This is my bit of beauty for today, “Cutting the Stone,” by Abraham Verghese.”

One of the most profound, moving, engrossing books I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. It is a story of what can happen when we keep secrets, when we shy away from responsibility, and also what wonderful things unfold when we embrace Truth, community, justice, and LOVE.

I laughed and wept and kept turning the pages. Thank you to friends Melissa Bingman Green & Teresa Kay Klein who listed it on their “favorite books” list, probably a long time ago now!

-Claudia Sageser-Kaplan, Durham, NC

July 15, 2021

 
https://www.foxla.com/news/resmaa-menakem-discusses-healing-racialized-traumaWatch to hear how Black, Brown, Indigenous, and yes even white and police bodies ALL are carrying racialized trauma.Join the BookScene Conversations with Meleata Pinto, Vandana Shah and Emily Cox: “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesm,” by a great writer and teacher Rezmaa Menakem. Sign-Up for the SisterScene and mention BookScene and “MyGrandmother’sHands” in the message to show interest in BookScene conversations..

https://www.foxla.com/news/resmaa-menakem-discusses-healing-racialized-trauma

Watch to hear how Black, Brown, Indigenous, and yes even white and police bodies ALL are carrying racialized trauma.

Join the BookScene Conversations with Meleata Pinto, Vandana Shah and Emily Cox: “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesm,” by a great writer and teacher Rezmaa Menakem. Sign-Up for the SisterScene and mention BookScene and “MyGrandmother’sHands” in the message to show interest in BookScene conversations..

 
 
Join the BookScene Conversations: “See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love,” by the incredibly inspiring lawyer, civil rights leader Valarie Kaur.Sign-Up for the SisterScene and mention BookScene and “SeeNoStranger” in the message to show interest in BookScene conversations.

Join the BookScene Conversations: “See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love,” by the incredibly inspiring lawyer, civil rights leader Valarie Kaur.

Sign-Up for the SisterScene and mention BookScene and “SeeNoStranger” in the message to show interest in BookScene conversations.