Montana Racial Equity Project Book Club

MPL is excited to sponsor The Montana Racial Equity Project’s Book Club! Reading selections include mainly nonfiction titles about social justice, equity, and issues affecting historically marginalized, disenfranchised, and oppressed individuals or communities. The Book Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information on this lively and inspiring Book Club visit the Montana Racial Equity Project’s website.

June 28*

In June we’ll meet virtually for a special book discussion of Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana with author Abe Streep, winner of the 2021 Montana Book Award! Please email Sarah at svelk@missoula.lib.mt.us for the Zoom meeting link to join the discussion. Based on availability you may be able to place holds on Book Club titles through the library’s online catalog, but often will need to purchase your own copy. Local bookstores Fact & Fiction in Missoula and Chapter One Bookstore in Hamilton sell Book Club selections at a discount to participants. This discussion group is facilitated by Chris Young-Greer, Education Initiative Lead for the Montana Racial Equity Project.

*Please note this meeting is on the last Tuesday of the month instead of the regular fourth Wednesday.

July 27

No meeting, summer break

August 24

In August we’ll discuss Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol AND the children’s book Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, and Jennifer Zivoinnew. Based on availability you may be able to place holds on Book Club titles through the library’s online catalog, but often will need to purchase your own copy. Local bookstores Fact & Fiction in Missoula and Chapter One Bookstore in Hamilton sell Book Club selections at a discount to participants. This discussion group is facilitated by Chris Young-Greer, Education Initiative Lead for the Montana Racial Equity Project.