Community Reads Discussion Event: So You Want to Talk About Race

4747 Creswell Avenue,Shreveport LA 71106

22 April, 2021

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The discussion event for the Community Reads Book Club's most recent selection, So You Want to Talk About Race. Please join us as we read So You Want to Talk About Race. Our next discussion event will be held on Thursday, April 22, at 5:30 PM  and will be moderated by Michael Hicks, Assistant Professor of Education at Centenary College of Louisiana. We will gather on the front lawn of Norton Art Gallery, so bring your blanket or lawn chair! Learn more and sign up for Community Reads Book Club at cfnla.org/bookclub. About the Book In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. “Oluo gives us — both white people and people of color — that language to engage in clear, constructive, and confident dialogue with each other about how to deal with racial prejudices and biases.” — National Book Review About Community Reads Community Foundation of North Louisiana invites any and all in the community to join Community Reads, a book club led by CFNLA. We encourage community members to join us as we read about issues like poverty, education, addiction, mental health, blight, and criminal justice reform. Each quarter, CFNLA will announce a new book selection. At the end of the quarter, we will invite up to 25 community members to participate in a group discussion and dialogue about the book. Discussion events will take place in both the Shreveport-Bossier area and Ruston. Interested community members may join the book club or simply sign up to receive Community Reads updates.