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Do you want to be a part of the fight for equity, but don't know where to start? Join us for a monthly moderated discussion group focused on anti-racist literature and other media. All assigned materials will be freely available online with an FVRL library card.
This month, we will discuss our Revolutionary Reads 2021 book, Aaron Bobrow-Strain’s winner of the 2020 Washington State Book Award for Non-Fiction, The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez.
In speaking in an interview on NPR, Bobrow-Strain says of his book, “In the end, this isn't just a book about Aida. Really, it's a book written in collaboration with Aida about the kinds of immigration policies and economic policies that the rest of us have created. It's a book about the world we've created as much as it's a book about Aida. And in that sense, I hope it's a sympathetic portrait of Aida, but it's also - should be a look in the mirror for the rest of us because these policies have been carried out in our name, supposedly to keep us safe.”
Bobrow-Strain will be speaking in our online Revolutionary Reads event on August 12 at 7 pm on our YouTube channel. Please join us!
Note
Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.
Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.