In the wake of the #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd protests, SNO has started an Anti-Racist Book Club for Sheridan Neighborhood residents, which will meet the last Thursday of each month from 6-7:30pm.

📖 The first book we are reading is a collection of short stories called "A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota." You can pick up a copy of the book from us for free, sponsored by Sheridan neighbor Conor Hesch, www.closingwithconor.com, a local mortgage lender who helps you get approved to buy a Home or Duplex.

💭 Please read the story for the month and any stories from previous months and come with reflections and discussion questions to be ready for small group discussion:
- June 25th: "People Like Us" by David Lawrence Grant (p195)
- July 30th: "Trouble in Mind: To Be Black is Blue in America" by IBè (p69)
- September 3rd: "Introduction" by Sun Yung Shin, "Fear of a Black Mother" by Shannon Gibney , and "Disparate Impacts: Moving to Minnesota to Live Just Enough for the City" by Taiyon J. Coleman (pages 3-42).
- September 24th: "Fighting the Oppressive Whiteness" by Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria (137), "The Price We Pay: How Race and Gender Identity Converge" by Andrea Jenkins (157), and watch the TED talk "The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

☀️ Please bring camp chairs or whatever will make you comfortable outside. Masks are required.

🧠 Members of this monthly book club will read books across genres that explore issues of race in America as a means of better understanding ourselves, our history and our Minneapolis community. Education and greater self-awareness are foundational for change. Everyone is welcome. We only ask that you read the book section or chapter so that you can be a fully-engaged participant in that month's discussion.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/556022995076158/