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Nonfiction Book Discussion

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Book Discussion, Virtual

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Adults
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Join us for this engaging discussion of thought-provoking non-fiction titles. In September, we will discuss

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

Racism is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out? In unlikely places of worship and work, economist McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message, delivered with startling empathy, from a black woman to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.

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Virtual Program Conduct Policy

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