Full reading list of possible selections arranged by theme available from Valnet (over 700 items)
Third meeting - June 4
Eleven people attended the meeting that began with a potluck meal. While we ate, members talked about their reactions to the selections on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Guest Marilyn Bowen shared with us some of the ways native communities are raising awareness and fundraising including Red Purse and Red Shawl Dances at powwows. Estimates of women who are missing in Canada is estimated to be over 20,000 and that country has officially declared it genocide.
White supremacy introduction videos:
White supremacy introduction videos:
- Hate Rising: White Supremacy in America [CBS News]
- My Descent into America's Neo-Nazi Movement & How I Got Out, Christian Picciolini [TEDxMileHigh]
- Pyramid of racism (covert and overt)
- Common Patterns of Whites
Second meeting - May 7
We had 17 people in attendance for the meeting, almost double the first one. Opening with a potluck meal, we ate before discussing our reactions to the books we read on compassion. Most people described a few take away points that resonated from their chosen book and topics from animal cruelty to war were discussed.
Pat provided a written synopsis of her book which can be viewed here.
Books on the next topic under discussion, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), were available to borrow. Not many books on this topic exist in the Valnet catalog so these need to be signed out from us at this branch for now. The meeting was running late after discussing compassion, so the videos we had planned to introduce the topic weren't shown, but can be viewed below. Several news articles provided by members were also available to read at the meeting.
MMIW introduction videos
The group decided that the next theme (June 4) will be white supremacy and books on that topic will be available to borrow at the June meeting. A suggested reading list is available here. Each member can pick a book from this list, from their own books, read an article, listen to a podcast - however you like to get information.
Pat provided a written synopsis of her book which can be viewed here.
Books on the next topic under discussion, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), were available to borrow. Not many books on this topic exist in the Valnet catalog so these need to be signed out from us at this branch for now. The meeting was running late after discussing compassion, so the videos we had planned to introduce the topic weren't shown, but can be viewed below. Several news articles provided by members were also available to read at the meeting.
MMIW introduction videos
- Why are Indigenous women missing in Canada? [SBS Dateline]
- Why the U.S. Must Not Ignore Violence Against Indigenous Women [NowThis]
- What impact could the MMIW inquiry have on Canada? [CBC News]
- Who killed Alberta Williams? By Connie Walker and Marnie Luke [true crime podcast]
The group decided that the next theme (June 4) will be white supremacy and books on that topic will be available to borrow at the June meeting. A suggested reading list is available here. Each member can pick a book from this list, from their own books, read an article, listen to a podcast - however you like to get information.
- Search Valnet for books on white supremacy - audio CD, regular print, large type, children's formats available
- Anti-Racist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi, Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University [cross referenced with Valnet here]
- Use OverDrive/Libby to find ebooks and audiobooks on white supremacy
- Use Kanopy to stream a documentary on white supremacy, Welcome to Leith (feature documentary chronicling the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb) or I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin and Race in America (Oscar-nominated documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, explores the continued peril America faces from institutionalized racism)
- How to Stop Racism: Ten Best Books on White Supremacy [librarycard.org]
First meeting - April 2
We had 10 people in attendance for the first meeting. We had pre-determined this meeting's topic would be compassion to help us set a framework for exploring the rest of the topics. A variety of books on compassion were available for checkout at the meeting.
Resources:
(video) Reimagining compassion as power | Tim Dawes | TEDxSeattle
(children's books read aloud, available from Valnet) My heart / Corinna Luyken. | Come with me / Holly M. McGhee ; illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre | I am human : a book of empathy / by Susan Verde ; art by Peter H. Reynolds.
Opening notes - what this group is and isn't
Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking
Silence Breakers for Whites in Cross-Racial Discussions
Tactics of Privileged Resistance
The group decided that the next theme will be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and books on that topic will be available to borrow at the May meeting.
- Search Valnet for compassion for print, audio CD and movie options on compassion
- Search OverDrive/Libby for ebooks and digital audiobooks to download instantly
Resources:
(video) Reimagining compassion as power | Tim Dawes | TEDxSeattle
(children's books read aloud, available from Valnet) My heart / Corinna Luyken. | Come with me / Holly M. McGhee ; illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre | I am human : a book of empathy / by Susan Verde ; art by Peter H. Reynolds.
Opening notes - what this group is and isn't
Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking
Silence Breakers for Whites in Cross-Racial Discussions
Tactics of Privileged Resistance
The group decided that the next theme will be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and books on that topic will be available to borrow at the May meeting.