2024 Book Series: Save the Date!
We’re excited to invite the community to join us in a series of meaningful discussions about books that in different ways, highlight the work of our Branch and the NAACP.
We’re also excited to announce that our Official Preferred book vendor is Susie’s Stories Bookstore, located at 51 BearskinNeck, Rockport. See our Proclamation here! And be sure to claim your 5% discount by ordering from them today!
2024 Book Series Schedule
January 22 His Name Is George Floyd, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, hosted by Sylvia Sellers Garcia, Branch Member and Director of the 2024 Lowell Humanities Series
April 23 How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith, hosted by Lauren McCormack, Branch History Committee Chair
May 2 Never Caught by Erica Armstrong, Hosted by Mercy Njuguna, ,Branch Secretary and Healthcare Committee Chair
August 12 We Want to do More than Survive by Bettina L. Love, hosted by Heather Maes and Dan Anderson, Co-Chiars, Education Committee
September 23 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, hosted by Michelle Sands, Branch Communications Committee
November 25 You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown, hosted by Branch Communications Committee Member Heidi Wakeman