Social Justice Book Club on Zoom

Thursday, July 7th at 6PM

Join us for monthly discussions on thought-provoking books through a social justice lens. Our Social Justice Book Club meetings will take place on the first Thursday of the month at 6pm on Zoom. Registrants will be encouraged to pursue positive actions to uplift their respective communities.

Please email Melissa Carr at carrm@mendocinocounty.org or call 234-2862 to sign up. All registrants will receive an email invite to participate via Zoom.

July's book is Beyond Survival edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
"Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and center as real alternatives to today's failed models of confinement and "correction." In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms--from toolkits to personal essays--to delve deeply into the "how to" of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community-based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations." - provided by the publisher.

This book is available as an ebook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12632394
or through the library catalog: www.mendolibrary.org/find.