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Utica University's Annual Book Club is now a year-long event!

Register for the DEI Book Club

Join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Student Transitions in book facilitations, author events, community collaborations, and creative readings. We will be partnering with departments across campus, local colleges, and community organizations for a fun series that is educational as well as social. All are welcome!

If you're an avid or an occasional reader, an activist or not, an extrovert or an introvert, this book club is for you! 

You can grab a copy of each book at the library or purchase through your local bookseller.

  • Barnes & Noble in New Hartford is offering anyone who purchases a book club book and shows their Utica ID 20% off.
  • The Utica University Bookstore will offer 10% off each book club title purchased there.

Registered participants will receive discussion questions for each book to help guide the reading process.

For more information, contact DEI Project and Program Manager Meghan Jordan at mejordan@utica.edu

September

READ: The Round House (2013) by Louise Erdrich, about an Ojibwe boy living on a reservation in North Dakota, who seeks justice after a terrible crime.

DISCUSS: An afternoon tea party to discuss the first chapter of Erdrich's The Round House will be held 3:30 - 4:30 pm. on September 30, 2021 in the lobby of the Wilcox Center. RSVP to Meghan Jordan at mejordan@utica.edu

A second session, finishing up discussion of The Round House will take place Monday, November 1 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in Carbone Auditorium, located in Bull Hall (formerly known as the ECJS Building)

The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

A virtual discussion option will also be available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Passcode: 4vJFM2

Virtual Discussion

October

CELEBRATE: Indigenous People's Day (October 11) and Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)

ENGAGE: Participate in a facilitated discussion of the novel

ATTEND: A partner event with SafeTrax and the WRC for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Indigenous Peoples Day

 

November

Before a new book is begun, a second session, finishing up discussion of The Round House will take place Monday, November 1 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in Carbone Auditorium, located in Bull Hall (formerly known as the ECJS Building)

December

READ: The Book of Unknown Americans (2015) by Cristina Henriquez about two star-crossed lovers navigating life in America as immigrants.

DISCUSS:

Due to COVID restrictions, the DEI Book Club December discussion will be held virtually on December 8 from 5-6 p.m.

Participants should read just the first chapter of the novel, The Book of Unknown Americans. Conversation about the book will finish in January after the start of the new semester.

The virtual discussion is available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Passcode: 4vJFM2

Virtual Discussion

The DEI Book Club will also be partnering with TRiO Student Support Services and the Mohawk Valley Latino Association to donate new, unwrapped toys to children in the area. Participants are encouraged to bring a toy with them to the discussion, or to Meghan Jordan's office at Wilcox 103, throughout December.

The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez

 

January

READ: The Book of Unknown Americans (2015) by Cristina Henriquez about two star-crossed lovers navigating life in America as immigrants.

DISCUSS: The DEI Book Club January discussion will be held virtually on January 20 from 5-6 p.m.

The virtual discussion is available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Virtual Discussion

Learn More

CELEBRATE: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 17)

ENGAGE: Participate in a facilitated discussion of the novel

ATTEND: Help with the Mohawk Valley Latino Association's annual Toy Drive (Dec-Jan)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

February

READ: Somebody's Daughter (2021) by Ashley C. Ford, about the author's coming-of-age under the weight of her fraught relationship with her mother and her father's incarceration.

DISCUSS:

A virtual discussion option will also be available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Passcode: 4vJFM2

Virtual Discussion

Somebody's Daughter, by Ashley C. Ford

 

CELEBRATE: Black Heritage Month

ENGAGE: Join author Ashley C. Ford for a reading from her book followed by a fireside chat as part of the Utica Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community Partnership.

Ashley C. Ford

 

March

CELEBRATE: Women's Herstory Month

ENGAGE: Participate in a facilitated discussion about the book

ATTEND: Join An in-person event with author Ashley C. Ford and partner events with the Womyn's Resource Center

Jane Wong

 

READ: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) by Ocean Vuong, about a son learning his family's history in Vietnam and exploring his own identity through the prism of race, class, and masculinity.

DISCUSS:

A virtual discussion option will also be available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Passcode: 4vJFM2

Virtual Discussion

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong

 

April

READ: Continue reading On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) by Ocean Vuong, about a son learning his family's history in Vietnam and exploring his own identity through the prism of race, class, and masculinity.

DISCUSS:

A virtual discussion option will also be available via Zoom:

Meeting ID: 984 1248 4501

Passcode: 4vJFM2

Virtual Discussion

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong

 

May

CELEBRATE: Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

ENGAGE: Participate in a facilitated discussion about the book

 

 

 

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