Dates and Time: Six Thursdays from May 2nd to June 6th at 2 - 3:30 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 Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond.
Shortened review by Goodreads:
"The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? …."
"Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.”
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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