 
Diversity Book Group
Contact: Lorrie McKinley & Debby Kern   Email: diversity-book-group
Mission: To explore a variety of “differences” through both literature and film, so that we may better understand ourselves and others thereby promoting social justice on a personal level.
The Diversity Book Group meets monthly August through May plus an annual end-of-the-year pot luck celebration to select books for the coming year. The group is loosely organized to explore a variety of differences in a relaxed and safe environment. Participants volunteer to act as facilitators. The group makes every effort to select books/films that are available in audio/descriptive formats in order to be inclusive and welcoming to all.
2025-2026 Selections
September
The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren
October
Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison
November
Goyhood by Reuven Fenton (The author will join our discussion.)
December
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
January
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
February
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
March
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
April
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
May
American Nations by Collin Woodard