Happy New Year! A next year of reading BIPOC authors and being with you to share ideas, perspectives, and learnings. Hooray! We begin 2024 with James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk, written in 1974. Join us for the book discussion on Monday, January 29, at 6 pm.

Thanks to those who have sent book suggestions along. We welcome all newcomers to the book read and discussion. If you’d like to join the team to choose the books, lead a discussion, or offer book suggestions for Black, Indigenous, or Authors of Color, please let us know. Contact Kat Wolfram at kmwolfram@gmail.com. For zoom link, contact Kat or UUSS Congregational Life Coordinator Kristin Cleveland at clc@uuschenectady.org.

Upcoming Reads
Feb, 2024: Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judgeby Erica Armstrong Dunbar, 2017
March: Memphis by Tara Stringfellow
April: When We Were Sisters by Shar Khalifeh
May: The Skin & Its Girl by Sara Cypher
Note: The upcoming book list is negotiable and may change.