Better Days Reading Club January Meeting

Date: Wednesday, January 28

Time: 7:30-9:00 PM

Location: Pinch Bakery and Plant Shop, 183 Sherman Avenue N, Hamilton

Join Epic Books at Pinch Bakery & Plant Shop for a new social-justice-oriented book club sponsored by Ward 3's Community Resilience Grant! Every month we read a nonfiction book on a different social issue and discuss what we've learned and how we can use it to implement positive grassroots change in our community. Come for the delicious free treats from Pinch (iykyk), stay for a great discussion of books and community!

January's book is Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard (please note that a new and updated edition has recently been released, and you are free to read this one for an even broader perspective, but we will be using the original edition because it is available in the library and on audiobook). Policing Black Lives is a comprehensive history of anti-Black racism in Canada. Delving behind our country's veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, the book traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. A call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.

After a guided discussion of the book, we'll talk about how we can take what we've learned and use it to implement real, lasting change in our communities.