Raising Our Social Consciousness Book Club: The New Jim Crow

Dates and Time: Six Mondays from July 22nd to August 26th at 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Greetings All,

I am personally inviting you to join the Raising Our Social Consciousness (ROSC) Book Club which I facilitate for Spiritual Life Center. The ROSC Book Club seeks to explore the experiences of different populations in the United States.

This round of our book club we will be reading The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander. Originally written in 2012, it was revised and republished in a 2022 in paperback or ebook.

"Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action.”

Those registering for ROSC Book Club will receive weekly emails describing the chapters that will be discussed each session. The group is facilitated in a way to ensure emotional safety for all participants while learning about new and sometimes challenging material.

It is free to join the ROSC Book Club but a suggested Love Offering (between $5 to $50) is recommended to support SLC programs such as our ROSC Book Club. Donations made to Spiritual Life Center are tax deductible. A Love Offering can be made when you register here or at a later time after the Book Club begins.

I look forward to meeting new folks and reuniting with returning folks.

Blessings to You & Yours,

Linda Paoli

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Registration is for all group meetings. Attendance at each meeting is not required, although strongly encouraged.

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