Join Roanoke Public Libraries and BOOK CITY Roanoke for the next conversation series in the Change Academy. Over five Mondays this winter, we’ll explore Caste, the unspoken system that underpins life in the United States.
Through the Roanoke Change Academy, we’re exploring Caste, the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson. In a section-by-section discussion, we’ll look at the structures at work in our lives be be better able to act to improve life for all of us.
Registration is free. Add the Facebook event to your calendar. Download a pdf flyer.
Roanoke Public Libraries have ordered additional books for checkout and books are available for a 10% discount at Book No Further. Ordering online? Use the code CA2021.
“From the abolitionists who risked personal ruin to end slavery to the white civil rights workers who gave their lives to help end Jim Crow and the political leaders who outlawed it, these all-too-rare people are a testament to the human spirit, that humans can break free of the hierarchy’s hold on them.” Isabel Wilkerson
ADDITIONAL CHANGE ACADEMY PARTNERS
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Roanoke Valley Branch
Black Girls Matter
Book No Further (Get 10% off the book in-store or using the link)
Central Church of the Brethren Race Education Team
City of Roanoke
Councilmember Bill Bestpitch
Councilmember Joe Cobb
Diversity Serves
Hollins University’s Eleanor D. Wilson Museum
Roanoke Arts Commission
Roanoke Higher Education Center Library
Roanoke Valley Points of Diversity
Total Action for Progress
Sign up to be a Change Academy partner.
What’s it mean to be a partner? Simply that you’re signing on as a group to continue the conversation, the exploration, and or advocacy — however it makes sense for your group. This might be as simple as discussing the book as part of a church book group, or keeping each other informed as you take your next step in understanding antiracist strategies. It just means you’re interested in learning more and doing more together to make our community a better place for all.
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[…] My library systems, along with many community partners, are hosting a series of online discussions of Isabel Wilkerson’s much lauded new book, Caste.These conversations have been enlightening — and connecting. Which is making me wonder what other communities are reading at this moment? Who else is Zooming to engage with new ideas and local thought leaders? […]
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