Recap of Monday's live Q&A with Dr. Pergadia

A big thank you to everyone who attended our live Q&A with Dr. Pergadia last night! It was a lively discussion and appreciated by so many. If you missed it or would like to revisit it, you may watch the Zoom recording:

https://zoom.us/rec/share/_e0vKLKp5CBIE6_P1BvjZ-15Q6rBeaa80HJK-fUPyEwDoU3XT0QtdbbjUkXuGu1u

Password: 1w*t&31!

We discussed everything from hyperempathy to current and historical events, slow violence to religion, and several books and authors were mentioned. Here are their links (if they are available for request through the Municipal Library Consortium, they will link directly to our catalog):

-brown, adrienne m., and Walidah Imarisha. Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. AK, 2015.

-Brown, Wendy. Walled States, Waning Sovereignty. Zone, 2010.

-Butler, Octavia. All books owned by the MLC.

-Gumbs, Alexis P. M Archive. Duke UP, 2018.

-Jemisin, N.K. All books owned by the MLC.

-Noble, Safiya U. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. New York UP, 2018.

If you would like revisit Dr. Pergadia's initial presentation, you may watch the videos here.

We will also have a general book discussion on Parable of the Sower tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1, at 3 p.m. If you would like to attend, please email lbeckman@ucitylibrary.org to receive an invitation to register.

Again, we have so much gratitude for our strong and engaged community. We love hearing your voices and thoughts, and we look forward to going ever deeper as we start Parable of the Talents in July.