Social Issues

[close] In our increasingly connected world, we are better able to open up and listen to each other’s stories. This ability is critically important as we move forward as a global society. In this book club we will be reading books that look at various social justice issues, from anti-racism to the fat activist movement, from queer and trans issues to poverty, these stories are all interconnected and make us who we are as a world.

[close] Welcome to The Socially Aware Womxn Book Club. We are all here to learn about the world around us in a socially conscious way. If you would like to join us for meetings you can find us here: https://www.meetup.com/g/thesociallyawarewomxnbookclub/settings/basic/ This group is here to bring together women and LGBTQ individuals who are concerned with topics of social injustice or would like to learn more about these topics through literature. The group title may sound a bit pretentious but the group is not. Please feel free to read the books and not come to the meeting or to come to the meetings when you have not read the book. The goal of this community is to include not exclude. Most meetings explore what we want to do with the knowledge we gained, an exploration of the social system, or a discussion on how the book has changed our understanding things. This is an exploration. Together we will read, meet, and discuss books regarding social issues that our world faces. Through engaging with this content the vision for this group is to connect with each other and seek ways to connect with the issues at hand in our world. My hope is this group provides an opportunity to connect like-minded people over real world challenges. Click here for a link to our book list. Group meetings work to center BIPOC and other under-privileged voices during the discussion.

[close] Would love to focus on revolutionary authors and historians, social justice movements, politics philosophy and more. Whether that is through fiction or nonfiction, does not matter. Books that are eye opening and discuss things that arent directly taught. Pretty much anything is welcome if anyone wants to present a specific book please feel free to include it here. The hope is to achieve deeper understanding and engaging communication through books but also through each other, we all have different strengths and backgrounds of knowledge and information, we learn most from each other.

[close] I am a current middle grade teacher (9-12) and I am looking to save and promote diverse children's books. I want to raise the bar for students by giving them relevant and authentic stories to read. Follow for more and post with your recomendations!